θηλύνω

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Plu.2.999a: aor.

   A ἐθήλῡνα E.Fr.360.29, Babr.Prooem.1.19, (ἐξ-) Str.5.4.13: pf. τεθήλῠκα Arist. ap. Stob.4.279M.:—Pass., aor. ἐθηλύνθην (v. infr.), (ἐξ-) D.H.14.8: pf. τεθήλυσμαι Hp.Aër.15, J.AJ 4.8.40, (ἐκ-) Gal.10.354; but -υμμαι (ἐκ-) Plb.36.15.2, Luc.DDeor. 5.3; 3sg. -υνται D.C.50.27; inf. -ύνθαι (ἐκ-) Plb.31.21.3: (θῆλυς):— make womanish, enervate, E. l.c.; τὴν ἡδονήν Plu. l.c.; τοὺς ἄνδρας Vett.Val.76.6; soften, Ζέφυρος κῦμα θηλύνει AP10.4 (Marc.Arg.):— Pass., τῶν σωμάτων -ομένων X.Oec.4.2, cf. Porph.Abst.1.34; become soft, αἱ σάρκες -ονται Hp.Art.52; βαφῇ σίδηρος ὥς, ἐθηλύνθην στόμα S. Aj.651; οὔπω ἐθηλύνθης gav'st not yet a sign of yielding, AP5.250 (Iren.); θ. οἴκτοις ib.299 (Paul. Sil.); play the coquette, Bion 2.18; τᾷ μορφᾷ θηλύνετο Theoc.20.14; muliebria pati, Vett.Val.7.26, al.: Astrol., of planets, Ptol.Tetr.20.—Rare in Att.