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|Definition=aor. 1 inf. Act., <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">suckle</b>, Hsch.; elsewh. Med., <b class="b2">suck</b>; Hom. has pres. inf., <b class="b3">ἀλλ' αἰεὶ παρέχουσιν ἐπηετανὸν γάλα θῆσθαι</b> they give milk <b class="b2">to suck</b> the year round, <span class="bibl">Od.4.89</span>: aor. 1, <b class="b3">θήσατο μαζόν</b> he <b class="b2">sucked</b> the breast, <span class="bibl">Il.24.58</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Jov.</span>48</span>; part., θησάμενος <b class="b2">having sucked</b>, h.Cer.236; γάλα Call.<span class="title">Sos.</span>vii.<span class="bibl">4</span>; but, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">suckle</b>, Ἀπόλλωνα θήσατο μήτηρ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>123</span>. (I.-E. <b class="b2">dhē-</b> 'suck', cf. <b class="b3">θηλή, θῆλυς</b>, Lett. <b class="b2">dēt</b> 'suck', Skt. <b class="b2">dháyati</b>, Goth. <b class="b2">daddjan</b> 'suckle', Lat. <b class="b2">fēlare, filius</b>.) </span>

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