μογοστόκος

μογοσ-τόκος, ον, goddess

• of birth-pangs, epith. of Eileithyiai (or -yia), Il. 11.270, 16.187, 19.103; of Artemis, Theoc. 27.30.
• • • 2 μ. ὠδῖνες hard travail, Lyc. 829.
    • 3 suffering hard travail, metaph., ἵππος, of the Wooden Horse, Tryph. 386.
    • 4 bringing the pangs of travail, ὥρα Nonn. D. 41.133; ἄσθμα κεραυνοῦ ib. 1.2.

μογοστόκος, schwer gebärend, Tryph. 386 ; ὠδῖνες, Lyc. 829. – Aber bei Hom. Beiw. der Eileithyia, den Gebärenden helfend, bei der Geburt sich anstrengend, Il. 11.270, 16.187, 19.103 ; Ἄρτεμις, Theocr. 27.29 u. Sp., wie Maneth. 6.733. Vgl. Buttmann Lexil. II p. 265.

μογοστόκος

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[μογοσ- (to be taken as a relic of the acc. pl. of μόγος; cf. δικασπόλος) + τοκ-, τίκτω.

Hence ‘pangs-generating,’ ‘that brings on the woman’s pains.’ Or perh. μογο-, μόγος + στακ-, to stay.

Hence ‘pangs-staying,’ ‘that brings the woman relief from her pains’.]

Epithet of εἰλείθυια or the εἰλείθυιαι Il. 11.270 (which seems to point to the first explanation), Il. 16.187, Il. 19.103.

μογοστόκος (τίκτω): travail - producing, epith. of the Eilithyiae. (Il.)

μογοστόκος μογοσ-τόκος, ον τίκτω

• helping women in hard childbirth, of Eileithyia, Il.; of Artemis, Theocr.