ὠκυτόκιος

ὠκῠ-τόκιος, ον,

• promoting a quick birth, Dsc. 4.14, 5.154: λίθος Cyran. 46.
• • II ὠκυτόκιον (sc. φάρμακον), τό, a medicine for this purpose, Hp. Mul. 1.77, Steril. 224, Ar. Th. 504, Thphr. HP 9.9.3, Berl.Sitzb. 1934.1046 (pl.):— in Ar. the Rav. Ms. gives ὠκυτόκει’; τὸ ὠκυτόκειον προπαροξύνεται Hdn.Gr. 1.376; ὠκυτόκειον, ε͡ι δίφθογγος· καὶ γὰρ ὠκυτοκεύς, Choerob. in An.Ox. 2.280; ὠκυτόκια is cited from Ar. by Poll. 2.7, cf. 4.208.