θηλάζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. aor. 1 <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἐθήλαξα <span class="bibl">Theoc.3.16</span> (v.l. [[-αζε]]): (θηλή): </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> of the mother or nurse, [[suckle]], <span class="bibl">Phryn.Com.29</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.1.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>576b10</span>: abs., [[give suck]], οἱ μαστοί, οἳ οὐκ ἐθήλασαν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>23.29</span>:—also in Med., ἐπιμελεῖσθαι, ὅπως μέτριον χρόνον θηλάσονται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>460d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>566b17</span>; οὐ συλλαμβάνουσι θηλαζόμεναι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">GA</span>777a13</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).514.12 (Lycosura):—Pass., to [[be sucked]], ὁ δελφὶς… θηλάζεται ὑπὸ τῶν τέκνων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>504b25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of the young animal, [[suck]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">GA</span>733b29</span>, etc.; ἐλέφαντος ὁ σκύμνος θ. τῷ στόματι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>578a22</span>; <b class="b3">θηλάζων χοῖρος</b> a [[sucking]] pig, <span class="bibl">Theoc.14.15</span>; seldom of an infant, <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">Fr.</span>49.87</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc., λεαίνας μασδὸν ἐθήλαξεν <span class="bibl">Theoc.3.16</span>; ἐὰν μὴ τύχῃ τεθηλακὼς ὁ ὄνος ἵππον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>577b16</span>. (Written θελάσζ- <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.368.19</span> (iii B.C.).)</span>