eileithyia

Proper noun

(Greek mythology) The goddess of childbirth and midwifery; the daughter of Zeus and Hera; the Greek counterpart of the Roman Lucina.

Origin

From Ancient Greek Εἰλείθυια (Eileithuia, “the bringer or deliverer”).

English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"eileithyia." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 15 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/eileithyia>.

APA Style

eileithyia. (n.d.). Retrieved December 15th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/eileithyia

SentencesSentence examples

Sentence Examples

The marriage-goddess naturally became the protector of women in childbed, and bore the title of the birth-goddess (Eileithyia), at Argos and Athens.
NECHBET (Nekhbi, Nekhebi), the vulture-goddess of El Kab, called Eileithyia by the Greeks.

Words near eileithyia in the dictionary