θῆσαι

θῆσαι, aor. 1 inf. Act.,

• suckle, Hsch.; elsewh. Med., suck; Hom. has pres. inf., ἀλλʼ αἰεὶ παρέχουσιν ἐπηετανὸν γάλα θῆσθαι they give milk to suck the year round, Od. 4.89: aor. 1, θήσατο μαζόν he sucked the breast, Il. 24.58, cf. Call. Jov. 48; part., θησάμενος having sucked, h.Cer. 236; γάλα Call. Sos. vii. 4; but,
• • II suckle, Ἀπόλλωνα θήσατο μήτηρ h.Ap. 123. (I.-E. dhē- ‘suck’, cf. θηλή, θῆλυς, Lett. dēt ‘suck’, Skt. dháyati, Goth. daddjan ‘suckle’, Lat. fēlare, filius.)