Eileithyia

English

Alternative forms

• Ilithyia, Eleuthia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εἰλείθυια (Eileíthuia, “the bringer or deliverer”).

Proper noun

Eileithyia

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

Translations

goddess of childbirth

• Armenian: Իլիփիա (Ilipʻia), Էյլիթիա (hy) (Ēylitʻia), Իլիթիա (hy) (Ilitʻia)
• Esperanto: Ilitio
• French: Ilithyie (fr) f
• Greek: Ειλείθυια (el) f (Eileíthyia)

  Ancient: Εἰλείθυια f (Eileíthuia)

• Hungarian: Eileithüia
• Japanese: エイレイテュイア (Eireityuia)
• Korean: 에일레이티이아 (Eilleitiia)
• Latin: Īlīthyia f
• Polish: Ejlejtyja f
• Portuguese: Ilítia f
• Russian: Или́фия (ru) f (Ilífija)
• Spanish: Ilitía f
• Ukrainian: Ілітія f (Ilitija), Ейлейтія f (Ejlejtija), Ейлітія f (Ejlitija), Іліфія f (Ilifija)

See also

• Eilithyia

References

• 2004, William F. Hansen, Handbook of Classical Mythology, →ISBN: