θηλή: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[motherbreast]], [[nipple]] (IA).<br />Compounds: As 2. member e. g. in <b class="b3">ἄ-</b>, <b class="b3">εὔ-</b>, <b class="b3">νεό-θηλος</b> (<b class="b3">-θηλής</b>).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">θηλώ τροφός</b>, [[τήθη]] (H., Plu.). - Denomin. verb [[θηλάζω]] [[suckle]], [[suck]] (IA Dor.) with [[θήλασμα]], [[θηλασμός]] <b class="b2">suck(l)ing</b> (Plu., pap.), [[θηλάστρια]] <b class="b2">(wet-)nurse</b> (S., Com.); also [[θηλαμών]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Sophr., Thespis), prob. to <b class="b3">θηλά-σαι</b> after <b class="b3">τελά-σαι</b> : <b class="b3">τελα-μών</b> a. o.; here <b class="b3">θηλαμινοῦ νεογνοῦ</b>; <b class="b3">θήλαντο ἐθήλασαν</b> H. (correct?); cf. Bechtel Dial. 1, 361. Uncertain [[θηλονή]] [[wet-nurse]] (Plu. 2, 278d).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [241] <b class="b2">*dʰeh₁-</b> <b class="b2">suck(le)</b><br />Etymology: With [[θηλή]] agrees <b class="b2">*fēla</b>, seen in Lat. [[fēlāre]] [[suckle]] which must be [[motherbreat]], IE <b class="b2">*dhēlā</b>. From some such basis Latv. <b class="b2">dę̂ls</b> [[sun]], prop. "suckling", Lat. [[fīlius]] <b class="b2">id.</b> < <b class="b2">*fēlios</b>, Umbr. [[sif feliuf]] [[sues lactantes]] (sucking or [[suckling]]?, s. Benveniste BSL 45, 82f.), Lith. <b class="b2">dėlė̃</b> [[leech]]; with diff. ablaut Latv. [[dīle]] [[sucking calf]] (IE <b class="b2">*dhī-l-</b>), MIr. [[del]] [[nipple]], Germ., e. g. OHG [[tila]] f. [[female breast]] (IE <b class="b2">*dhi-l-</b>); unclear is Arm. [[dayl]], [[dal]] [[Biestmilch]] ; Hübschmann Armen. Gr. 1, 437, Pedersen KZ 39, 406); on Lat. [[fēlīx]] [[fertile]] s. W.-Hofmann s. v. (also Nachträge). Cf.on [[θῆλυς]] and [[θῆσθαι]].