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θηλή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θηλή

Structure: θηλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: Qa/w

Sense

  1. the part of the breast which gives suck, the teat, nipple

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐνταῦθα ἰδόντεσ δράκοντασ παμμεγέθεισ, ἡμέρουσ πάνυ καὶ τιθασούσ, ὡσ καὶ ὑπὸ γυναικῶν τρέφεσθαι καὶ παιδίοισ συγκαθεύδειν καὶ πατουμένουσ ἀνέχεσθαι καὶ θλιβομένουσ μὴ ἀγανακτεῖν καὶ γάλα πίνειν ἀπὸ θηλῆσ κατὰ ταὐτὰ τοῖσ βρέφεσι ‐ πολλοὶ δὲ γίγνονται παρ’ αὐτοῖσ τοιοῦτοι, ὅθεν καὶ τὸν περὶ τῆσ Ὀλυμπιάδοσ μῦθον διαφοιτῆσαι πάλαι εἰκόσ, ὁπότε ἐκύει τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον, δράκοντόσ τινοσ, οἶμαι, τοιούτου συγκαθεύδοντοσ αὐτῇ ‐ ὠνοῦνται τῶν ἑρπετῶν ἓν κάλλιστον ὀλίγων ὀβολῶν. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 7:1)
  • τὸ νεογνὸν δὲ τὸ ἐν τῷ νηπίῳ ὅμωσ ἄγριον καὶ ἐν τῷ ἁπαλῷ ἤδη φοβερόν, καὶ τοῦτο θαυμαστὸν οἱο͂ν ἔδοξέ μοι, καὶ ὅτι παιδικῶσ μάλα πρὸσ τὸν σκύμνον τοῦ λέοντοσ ἀναβλέπουσι, μεταξὺ τῆσ θηλῆσ ἑκάτεροσ ἐπειλημμένοι ἐν χρῷ τῇ μητρὶ προσιστάμενοι. (Lucian, Zeuxis 12:1)
  • οὕτω σωφρόνωσ κατεκόσμησασ τὸν οἶκον ἐν καιρῷ πολλὴν ἀκοσμίασ ἐξουσίαν διδόντι, καίτοι τῷ σεαυτῆσ ἐκεῖνον μαστῷ ἐξέθρεψασ καὶ τομῆσ ἠνέσχου τῆσ θηλῆσ περίθλασιν λαβούσησ· (Plutarch, Consolatio ad uxorem, section 5 4:1)
  • τὸν μὲν οὖν ἐρινεὸν ῥουμινᾶλιν ὠνόμασαν ἀπὸ τῆσ θηλῆσ, ἣν ἡ λύκαινα παρ’ αὐτῷ ὀκλάσασα τοῖσ βρέφεσι παρέσχε. (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 8 3:3)
  • τὸν μὲν οὖν ἐρινεὸν ῥουμινᾶλιν ὠνόμασαν ἀπὸ τῆσ θηλῆσ, ἣν ἡ λύκαινα παρ’ αὐτὸν ὀκλάσασα τοῖσ βρέφεσι παρέσχε μέχρι δὲ πολλοῦ διεφύλαττον οἱ περὶ τὸν τόπον ἐκεῖνον κατοικοῦντεσ μηδὲν ἐκτιθέναι τῶν γεννωμένων, ἀλλ’ ἀναιρεῖσθαι πάντα καὶ τρέφειν, τὸ Ῥωμύλου πάθοσ καὶ τὴν ὁμοιότητα τιμῶντεσ. (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 8 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. the part of the breast which gives suck

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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