μαιευτική

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ellipsis of μαιευτικὴ τέχνη (maieutikḕ tékhnē), from μαιεύομαι (maieúomai, “to serve as a midwife”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μαιευτική • (maieutikḗ) f (genitive μαιευτικῆς); first declension

  1. maieutics

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μαιευτική; τῆς μαιευτικῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μαιευτική
hē maieutikḗ 		τὼ μαιευτικᾱ́
tṑ maieutikā́ 		αἱ μαιευτικαί
hai maieutikaí
Genitive τῆς μαιευτικῆς
tês maieutikês 		τοῖν μαιευτικαῖν
toîn maieutikaîn 		τῶν μαιευτικῶν
tôn maieutikôn
Dative τῇ μαιευτικῇ
tēî maieutikēî 		τοῖν μαιευτικαῖν
toîn maieutikaîn 		ταῖς μαιευτικαῖς
taîs maieutikaîs
Accusative τὴν μαιευτικήν
tḕn maieutikḗn 		τὼ μαιευτικᾱ́
tṑ maieutikā́ 		τᾱ̀ς μαιευτικᾱ́ς
tā̀s maieutikā́s
Vocative μαιευτική
maieutikḗ 		μαιευτικᾱ́
maieutikā́ 		μαιευτικαί
maieutikaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → French: maïeutique (learned)
  • → German: Mäeutik (learned)

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