Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eileithyia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eilei-thyia
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Εἰλείθυια

Inflected Forms

Ilithyia (alternative) Eleuthia (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Eilithyia

Questions

What does eileithyia mean?: The goddess of childbirth and midwifery; the daughter of Zeus and Hera; the Greek counterpart of the Roman Lucina.
Where does eileithyia come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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