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|Definition=Plu.2.999a: aor. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἐθήλῡνα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>360.29</span>, Babr.<span class="title">Prooem.</span>1.19, (ἐξ-) <span class="bibl">Str.5.4.13</span>: pf. τεθήλῠκα Arist. ap. Stob.4.279M.:—Pass., aor. <b class="b3">ἐθηλύνθην</b> (v. infr.), (ἐξ-) <span class="bibl">D.H.14.8</span>: pf. τεθήλυσμαι Hp.<b class="b2">Aër</b>.15, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span> 4.8.40</span>, (ἐκ-) Gal.10.354; but <b class="b3">-υμμαι</b> (ἐκ-) <span class="bibl">Plb.36.15.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DDeor.</span> 5.3</span>; 3sg. -υνται <span class="bibl">D.C.50.27</span>; inf. <b class="b3">-ύνθαι</b> (ἐκ-) <span class="bibl">Plb.31.21.3</span>: (θῆλυς):— <b class="b2">make womanish, enervate</b>, E. l.c.; τὴν ἡδονήν Plu. l.c.; τοὺς ἄνδρας <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.76.6</span>; <b class="b2">soften</b>, Ζέφυρος κῦμα θηλύνει <span class="title">AP</span>10.4 (Marc.Arg.):— Pass., τῶν σωμάτων -ομένων <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>4.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>1.34</span>; <b class="b2">become soft</b>, αἱ σάρκες -ονται <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>52</span>; βαφῇ σίδηρος ὥς, ἐθηλύνθην στόμα <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Aj.</span>651</span>; <b class="b3">οὔπω ἐθηλύνθης</b> <b class="b2">gav'st</b> not yet <b class="b2">a sign of yielding</b>, AP5.250 (Iren.); <b class="b3">θ. οἴκτοις</b> ib.<span class="bibl">299</span> (Paul. Sil.); <b class="b2">play the coquette</b>, <span class="bibl">Bion 2.18</span>; τᾷ μορφᾷ θηλύνετο <span class="bibl">Theoc.20.14</span>; <b class="b2">muliebria pati</b>, <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.7.26</span>, al.: Astrol., of planets, <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Tetr.</span>20</span>.—Rare in Att.</span>