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