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λοχεία

λοχεία, childbirth, childbed

λοχ-εία, ἡ,
  • child-birth, childbed, E. IT 382, Call. Del. 251; τὴν λ. εἴληχε she presides over child-birth, Pl. Tht. 149b: in pl., Id. Plt. 268b; of flowers, ἐπʼ εὐκάρποισι λοχείαις AP 10.16 (Theaet.); f.l. in E. IT 206 (lyr.) for λόχιαι.
    • II = λόχευμα I, APl. 16.132 (Theodorid.).
    • III = ἀρτεμισία, Ps.-Dsc. 3.113.

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