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|Definition=[[θήλεια]], [[θῆλυ]]: Ep. fem. [[θήλεα]], acc. pl.<br><span class="bld">A</span> -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. <b class="b3">θήλεα, θήλεαν, θηλέης, θηλέῃ</b>, pl. [[θήλεαι]], [[θηλέας]], [[θηλέων]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] and Hp.: gen. θήλυδος [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|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 <b class="b3">θηλύτερος, -ύτατος</b> occur as Comp. and Sup. (v. infr. 11): (<b class="b3">θη-</b> 'suckle', cf. [[θῆσαι]]):—[[female]], <b class="b3">θήλεια θεός</b> a goddess, Il.8.7; <b class="b3">Ἥρη θῆλυς ἐοῦσα</b> being [[female]], 19.97, cf. A.''Ag.''1231, S.''Tr.''1062, E.''IT''621; <b class="b3">θήλειαι ἵπποι</b> mares, Od.4.636, etc.; <b class="b3">σύες θήλειαι</b> sows, 14.16; <b class="b3">ὄϊς θῆλυς</b> a ewe, Il.10.216; θήλεια μῆλα Arat. 1068; <b class="b3">θήλεια ἔλαφος</b> a hind, Pi.''O.'' 3.29; θήλεα κάμηλος [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.102; <b class="b3">ἡ θ. ἵππος</b> ib.86; θ. ὄρνις [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''477; <b class="b3">ζῷα θ.</b> Pl.''Criti.''110c; <b class="b3">ἄπαις θήλεος γόνου</b> without [[female]] issue, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.66; θῆλυς σπορά E.''Hec.''659; θήλειαι γυναῖκες Id.''Or.''1205; θ. κόραι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''764d: with masc. nouns, <b class="b3">ὁ θῆλυς ὀρεύς</b> the [[she-mule]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]'' 577b22; [[ἄνθρωπος]] θῆλυς Id.''PA''688b31: masc. pl., θήλεις χοροί Critias 1.8D.; but μὴ εἶναι θεοὺς ἄρρενας μηδὲ θηλείας Phld.''Piet.''12.<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">ἡ θήλεα</b>, Att. -εια, [[the female]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.109, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.1.4; ἀλέκτωρ ὥστε θηλείας πέλας A.''Ag.''1671 (troch.).<br><span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b3">τὸ θ. γένος</b> the [[female]] sex, [[woman]]-kind, E.''Hec.''885; <b class="b3">τὸ θ.</b> alone, Id.''HF''536, etc.; opp. <b class="b3">τὸ ἄρρεν</b>, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 454d, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''988a5; [ἡ δεῖνα] τέτοκεν θῆλυ ''PTeb.''422.18 (iii A.D.),al.<br><span class="bld">d</span> of plants and trees, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 3.9.1; θ. κάλαμος Dsc.1.85; θῆλυς φοῖνιξ Ach.Tat.1.17; θῆλυ βούτομον [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 4.10.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of or [[belonging to women]], κουράων θῆλυς ἀϋτή Od.6.122; <b class="b3">θήλεα νοῦσος</b> among the Scythians (cf. [[Ἐνάρεες]]), [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.105; νόμος A. ''Ch.''821 (lyr.); φύσις [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 453a; χάρις ''APl.''4.†87 (Leont.); <b class="b3">θ. φόνος</b> murder [[by women]], E.''Ba.''796.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., of persons and things,<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[soft]], [[gentle]], θῆλυς ἐέρση Od.5.467, Hes.''Sc.''395; <b class="b3">θ. νύξ</b>(= [[ὕπομβρος]]) [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''1053.<br><span class="bld">b</span> ὕδωρ θ. καὶ μαλακόν [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 2.6.3; <b class="b3">θηλυτέρα ὀσμή</b> ib.6.15.4; <b class="b3">θηλύτατον πεδίον</b> [[most fruitful]], Call.''Fr.'' 296; <b class="b3">θηλύτατον ὕδωρ</b> of the Nile, Id.''Sos.''vii 5.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[tender]], [[delicate]], Φοίβου θήλειαι… παρειαί Id.''Ap.''37; <b class="b3">θῆλυς ἀπὸ χροιῆς</b> [[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 κατ' ἄνδρα Plu.''Mar.''34; θηλύτατος Luc.''Im.''13; παλλακὴ -υτάτη Philostr.''VS''2.21.2; <b class="b3">τὸ θῆλυ τῆς ψυχῆς</b> [[effeminacy]], Men.599.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in mechanics, those parts were called female [[into which others fitted]], as the [[female]] vertebra, Poll.2.180; γίγγλυμος J.''AJ''3.6.3.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Gramm., [[feminine]], <b class="b3">θήλεα [ὀνόματα]</b> Ar.''Nu.''682; θήλεα Arist.''Po.''1458a10.<br><span class="bld">5</span> Pythag., of [[even]] numbers, Plu.2.264a, 288d.<br><span class="bld">6</span> Astrol., of planets, Ptol. ''Tetr.''19; cf. [[θηλυκός]] 3c.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[θήλειαι]], αἱ, kind of cheese made in Crete, Seleuc. ap. Ath.14.650d.