θῆλυς, θήλεια, θῆλυ:
Epic dialect feminine θήλεα,
accusative plural -εας[
Refs 8th c.BC+];
accusative feminine θηλείην uncertain reading in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; in late Prose θηλύτερος, -ύτατος occur as
comparative and
superlative (see. below 11): (θη- 'suckle', compare θῆσαι):—
female, θήλεια θεός a goddess, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ἥρη θῆλυς ἐοῦσα being
female,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; θήλειαι ἵπποι mares, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὄϊς θῆλυς a ewe, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; θήλεια ἔλαφος a hind, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ θ. ἵππος[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζῷα θ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄπαις θήλεος γόνου without
female issue, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] the
she-mule, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
b ἡ θήλεα,
Attic dialect -εια,
the female, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
c τὸ θ. γένος the
female sex,
woman-kind, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ θ. alone, [
Refs]; opposed to τὸ ἄρρεν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
d of plants and trees, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2 of or
belonging to women, κουράων θῆλυς ἀϋτή [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; θήλεα νοῦσος among the Scythians (compare Ἐνάρεες), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. φόνος murder
by women, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II metaphorically, of persons and things,
II.1 soft, gentle, θῆλυς ἐέρση [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; θ. νύξ (=ὕπομβρος) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.1.b ὕδωρ θ. καὶ μαλακόν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; θηλύτατον πεδίον
most fruitful, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; θηλύτατον ὕδωρ of the Nile, [
Refs]
II.2 tender, delicate, Φοίβου θήλειαι.. παρειαί [
Refs]; θῆλυς ἀπὸ χροιῆς
delicate of skin, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of temper or character,
soft, yielding, weak, θῆλυς ηὕρημαι τάλας [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ θῆλυ τῆς ψυχῆς
effeminacy, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3 in mechanics, those parts were called female
into which others fitted, as the
female vertebra, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.4 Grammars,
feminine, θήλεα [ὀνόματα] [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5 [
Refs 4th c.BC+], of
even numbers, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.6 Astrology texts, of planets, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III θήλειαι, αἱ, kind of cheese made in Crete, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
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