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θηλύτης, womanishness, delicacy, effeminacy

θηλύτης, ητος, ἡ, (θῆλυς)
  • womanhood, female nature, Arist. GA 775a16; sexual characters of the female, Gal. 4.570.
      • 2 womanishness, delicacy, Corn. ND 20, Plu. Crass. 32; ἡ θ. τοῦ κάλλους the womanish nature of . ., ib. 24; also, effeminacy, ἐσθήτων Id. Alc. 16 (pl.).

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