θηλάζω
λύχνον μεθ' ἡμέραν ἅψας περιῄει λέγων ἄνθρωπον ζητῶ → he lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, I am looking for a man
English (LSJ)
Dor. aor. 1
A ἐθήλαξα Theoc.3.16 (v.l. -αζε): (θηλή): I of the mother or nurse, suckle, Phryn.Com.29, Lys.1.9, Arist.HA576b10: abs., give suck, οἱ μαστοί, οἳ οὐκ ἐθήλασαν Ev.Luc.23.29:—also in Med., ἐπιμελεῖσθαι, ὅπως μέτριον χρόνον θηλάσονται Pl.R.460d, cf. Arist.HA566b17; οὐ συλλαμβάνουσι θηλαζόμεναι Id.GA777a13, cf. IG5(2).514.12 (Lycosura):—Pass., to be sucked, ὁ δελφὶς . . θηλάζεται ὑπὸ τῶν τέκνων Arist.HA504b25. II of the young animal, suck, Id.GA733b29, etc.; ἐλέφαντος ὁ σκύμνος θ. τῷ στόματι Id.HA578a22; θηλάζων χοῖρος a sucking pig, Theoc.14.15; seldom of an infant, Orph.Fr.49.87. 2 c. acc., λεαίνας μασδὸν ἐθήλαξεν Theoc.3.16; ἐὰν μὴ τύχῃ τεθηλακὼς ὁ ὄνος ἵππον Arist.HA577b16. (Written θελάσζ- PSI4.368.19 (iii B.C.).)
