θῆλυς

θῆλυς, θήλεια, θῆλυ: Ep. fem. θήλεα, acc. pl. -εας Il. 5.269 (Hom. has regul. fem. θήλεια Il. 8.7, al., but also θῆλυς as fem., 10.216, al., as in other poets, v. infr.): Ion. fem. θήλεα, θήλεαν, θηλέης, θηλέῃ, pl. θήλεαι, θηλέας, θηλέων, Hdt. and Hp.: gen. θήλυδος S. Fr. 1054; acc. fem. θηλείην dub. l. in Nic. Al. 42, neut. pl. θήλεια Arat. 1068: Ep. also θηλύτερος indicating opposition rather than comparison (cf. ἀρρέντερος) ; θηλύτεραι δὲ γυναῖκες Il. 8.520; θηλύτεραι δὲ θεαί Od. 8.324; μάτε ἐρσεναιτέραν μάτε θηλυτέραν Schwyzer 424 (Elis, iv B.C.); in late Prose θηλύτερος, -ύτατος occur as Comp. and Sup. (v. infr. II): (θη- ‘suckle’, cf. θῆσαι):—

• female, θήλεια θεός a goddess, Il. 8.7; Ἥρη θῆλυς ἐοῦσα being female, 19.97, cf. A. Ag. 1231, S. Tr. 1062, E. IT 621; θήλειαι ἵπποι mares, Od. 4.636, etc.; σύες θήλειαι sows, 14.16; ὄϊς θῆλυς a ewe, Il. 10.216; θήλεια μῆλα Arat. 1068; θήλεια ἔλαφος a hind, Pi. O. 3.29; θήλεα κάμηλος Hdt. 3.102; ἡ θ. ἵππος ib. 86; θ. ὄρνις S. Fr. 477; ζῷα θ. Pl. Criti. 110c; ἄπαις θήλεος γόνου without female issue, Hdt. 3.66; θῆλυς σπορά E. Hec. 659; θήλειαι γυναῖκες Id. Or. 1205; θ. κόραι Pl. Lg. 764d: with masc. nouns, ὁ θῆλυς ὀρεύς the she-mule, Arist. HA 577b22; ἄνθρωπος θῆλυς Id. PA 688b31: masc. pl., θήλεις χοροί Critias 1.8D.; but μὴ εἶναι θεοὺς ἄρρενας μηδὲ θηλείας Phld. Piet. 12.
• • • • b ἡ θήλεα, Att. -εια, the female, Hdt. 3.109, X. Mem. 2.1.4; ἀλέκτωρ ὥστε θηλείας πέλας A. Ag. 1671 (troch.).
      • c τὸ θ. γένος the female sex, woman-kind, E. Hec. 885; τὸ θ. alone, Id. HF 536, etc.; opp. τὸ ἄρρεν, Pl. R. 454d, Arist. Metaph. 988a5; [ἡ δεῖνα] τέτοκεν θῆλυ PTeb. 422.18 (iii A.D.), al.
      • d of plants and trees, Thphr. HP 3.9.1; θ. κάλαμος Dsc. 1.85; θῆλυς φοῖνιξ Ach.Tat. 1.17; θῆλυ βούτομον Thphr. HP 4.10.4.
    • 2 of or belonging to women, κουράων θῆλυς ἀϋτή Od. 6.122; θήλεα νοῦσος among the Scythians (cf. Ἐνάρεες), Hdt. 1.105; νόμος A. Ch. 821 (lyr.); φύσις Pl. R. 453a; χάρις APl. 16.287 (Leont.); θ. φόνος murder by women, E. Ba. 796.
  • II metaph., of persons and things,
  • • 1 soft, gentle, θῆλυς ἐέρση Od. 5.467, Hes. Sc. 395; θ. νύξ ( = ὕπομβρος) S. Fr. 1053.
    • • b ὕδωρ θ. καὶ μαλακόν Thphr. CP 2.6.3; θηλυτέρα ὀσμή ib. 6.15.4; θηλύτατον πεδίον most fruitful, Call. Fr. 296; θηλύτατον ὕδωρ of the Nile, Id. Sos. vii 5.
    • 2 tender, delicate, Φοίβου θήλειαι . . παρειαί Id. Ap. 37; θῆλυς ἀπὸ χροιῆς delicate of skin, Theoc. 16.49; of temper or character, soft, yielding, weak, θῆλυς ηὕρημαι τάλας S. Tr. 1075; γυνὴ δὲ θῆλυ κἀπὶ δακρύοις ἔφυ E. Med. 928; θήλεια φρήν Ar. Lys. 708, cf. E. Andr. 181; δίαιτα θηλυτέρα ἢ κατʼ ἄνδρα Plu. Mar. 34; θηλύτατος Luc. Im. 13; παλλακὴ -υτάτη Philostr. VS 2.21.2; τὸ θῆλυ τῆς ψυχῆς effeminacy, Men. 599.
    • 3 in mechanics, those parts were called female into which others fitted, as the female vertebra, Poll. 2.180; γίγγλυμος J. AJ 3.6.3.
    • 4 Gramm., feminine, θήλεα [ὀνόματα] Ar. Nu. 682; θήλεα Arist. Po. 1458a10.
    • 5 Pythag., of even numbers, Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.264a, 288d.
    • 6 Astrol., of planets, Ptol. Tetr. 19; cf. θηλυκός 3c.
  • III θήλειαι, αἱ, kind of cheese made in Crete, Seleuc. ap. Ath. 14.650d.

θῆλυς, εια, υ (Θα, nach Plat. Crat. 414a ἀπὸ τῆς θηλῆς, eigtl. säugend); einen gen. θήλυδος aus Soph. s. B.A. 1381 ; θῆλυς steht bei Dichtern oft als fem., wie Ἥρη, θῆλυς ἔουσα Il. 19.97 ; γυνὴ θῆλυς οὖσα Soph. Tr. 1051 ; so ὄϊς Il. 10.215 ; θήλεας ἵππους 5.269 ; θῆλυς σπορά Eur. Hec. 651 ; φύσις, χάρις, Leont. Schol. 7.8 (Plan. 286, 287); ion. fem. θήλεα, Her. 3.86, 109;
weiblich ;
   a) als Bezeichnung des Geschlechtes, im Ggstz zum männlichen, ἄρρην, von Hom. an überall ; von Göttern, θήλεια θεός Il. 8.7, wie Her. 2.35 ; von Menschen, Aesch. Ag. 1704 u. sonst, z.B. ἄπαις θήλεος γόνου, ohne weibliche Kinder, Her. 3.66 ; von Tieren, θήλεια ἔλαφος Pind. Ol. 3.30 ; ἵπποι Od. 4.635, wie Plat. Hipp. mai. 288b ; ὄρνις Soph. frg. 424. Bei Arist. H.A. oft ὁ θῆλυς ὀρεύς u. ä.; – θήλεια allein für Frau, Eur. Andr. 181 ; bei Tieren ἡ θήλεια, das Weibchen, Xen. Mem. 2.1.4 ; τὸ θῆλυ γένος, das Weibergeschlecht, Eur. Hec. 885, wie in Prosa τὸ θῆλυ dem τὸ ἄρρεν oft entgegengesetzt wird. Bei den Gramm. bezeichnet es das genus femininum ; schon Ar. Nub. 672 ὀνόματα θήλεα.
   b) was von Weibern kommt, ἀϋτή, Weiberstimme, Od. 6.122.
   c) zart, schwach, weibisch ; Soph. Trach. 1064, vgl. 1051 ; φρήν Aesch. Ch. 303 ; Ar. Lys. 708 ; Φοίβου παρειαί Callim. Ap. 37 ; Sp., wie ἠθος M.Anton. 4.28.
   d) befruchtend, erquickend ; δῆλυς ἐερση Od. 5.467 ; Hes. Sc. 395, womit vielleicht θήλεια νύξ Soph. frg. 887 (VLL ἡ ὕπομβρος καὶ ποιοῦσα θάλλειν) zu vergleichen.
Kompar. θηλύτερος ; bei Hom. u. Hes. θηλύτεραι γυναῖκες, θεαί, z.B. Il. 8.520, Od. 8.324 (vgl. θηλείαις γυναιξί Eur. Or. 1205, θήλειαι κόραι Plat. Legg. VI.764d); ihnen nachgebildet oft in der Anth.; auch allein θηλυτέρα, ohne subst., Cyr. 3 (VII.557) Paul.Sil. 14, 41 (V.290, VI.71); fast gleich, dem Positiv, doch auf das schwächere, zartere Geschlecht hindeutend. – Δίαιτα θηλυτέρα ἢ κατʼ ἄνδρα Plut. Mar. 54, weichlicher. – Den superl. hat Philostr. u. Luc. imagg. 13.

θῆλυς

[θη-, θάομαι2.]

Also in regular fem. form θήλεια Il. 2.767, Il. 8.7, Il. 11.681, Il. 20.222: Od. 4.636, Od. 9.439, Od. 14.16, Od. 21.23.

• • 1

    Female: θήλεια θεός Il. 8.7, ὄϊν θῆλυν Il. 10.216. Cf. Il. 2.767, Il. 5.269, Il. 11.681, Il. 19.97, Il. 20.222, Il. 23.409: Od. 4.636 = Od. 21.23, Od. 9.439, Od. 10.527, 572, Od. 14.16.

    Comp. θηλυτέρη, female as opposed to male: θεαί Od. 8.324, γυναικῶν Od. 11.386. Cf. Il. 8.520: Od. 11.434 = Od. 15.422 = Od. 24.202, Od. 23.166.

  • 2

    Characteristic of women, feminine: θῆλυς ἀϋτή Od. 6.122.

  • 3

    Of dew, copious: θῆλυς ἐέρση Od. 5.467.

θῆλυς

• 1female χρυσόκερων ἔλαφον θήλειαν O. 3.29

θῆλυς , θήλεια, θῆλυ (also w. two endings): female; ἀῡτή, i. e. of womenʼs voices, Od. 6.122; ἐέρση, with the thought of ‘nourishing,’ Od. 5.467; comp., θηλύτερος, weaker (of the two sexes), weak, Il. 8.520, Od. 8.324.

θῆλυς *θάω to suckle

• • Iof female sex, female, θήλεια θεός a goddess, Il.; θήλειαι ἵπποι mares, Od.; σύες θήλειαι sows, Od.; ὄϊς θῆλυς a ewe, Il.; ἄπαις θήλεος γόνου without female issue, Hdt.:— ἡ θήλεα, Attic -εια, the female, Hdt., Aesch.; χρῆμα θηλειῶν woman-kind, Eur.; τὸ θῆλυ γένος or τὸ θῆλυ the female sex, woman kind, Eur.
  • • 2of or belonging to women, Hdt., Aesch.; θ. φόνος murder by women, Eur.
    • 3in Gramm. feminine.
  • IIapplied to persons and things,
  • • 1fresh, refreshing, of dew, Hes.
    • 2tender, delicate, gentle, θηλύτεραι γυναῖκες, θηλύτεραι θεαί (where the comp. is used much like a Positive), Hom.; θῆλυς ἀπὸ χροιᾶς delicate of skin, Theocr.; of character, soft, yielding, weak, γυνὴ θῆλυς οὖσα Soph.