θηλυκός

θηλῠκός, ή, όν,

• woman-like, ἄνδρες Arist. GA 747a1; like the female, of male animals, Id. HA 589b30: Comp., Id. Pr. 961a6.
• • • • b of women, womanish, ultra-feminine, opp. ἀρρενωπός, Id. GA 728a3.
    • 2 Gramm., feminine, γένος D.T. 634.17, D.H. Amm. 2.11; μόριον ibid.; ὄνομα Ph. 1.294. Adv. -κῶς Arist. Fr. 499, Phld. Piet. 12, Str. 6.1.10, A.D. Synt. 222.6, Alex.Aphr. in Sens. 151.1.
    • 3 = θῆλυς, female, PCair.Zen. 166.2 (iii B.C.), LXX Nu. 5.3, IG 14.872 (Cumae), Sor. 1.32.
    • • b θ. κεντήματα bites of female vipers, Philum. Ven. 16.3.
      • c Astrol., applied to certain planets or figures of the Zodiac, Ptol. Tetr. 20, 33.