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θηλυφανής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θηλυφανής θηλυφανές

Structure: θηλυφανη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fai/nomai

Sense

  1. like a woman

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ ἁπάσασ αὐτὸν ἐξαγαγεῖν τὰσ λαχούσασ τότε παρθένουσ, ἀλλὰ τῶν συνήθων νεανίσκων δύο θηλυφανεῖσ μὲν ὀφθῆναι καὶ νεαρούσ, ἀνδρώδεισ δὲ τὰσ ψυχὰσ καὶ προθύμουσ, λουτροῖσ τε θερμοῖσ καὶ σκιατραφίαισ καὶ ταῖσ περὶ κόμην καὶ λειότητα καὶ χροιὰν ἀλοιφαῖσ καὶ κοσμήσεσιν ὡσ ἔστιν ἐξαλλάξαντα κομιδῇ, καὶ διδάξαντα φωνὴν καὶ σχῆμὰ καὶ βάδισιν ὡσ ἔνι μάλιστα παρθένοισ ὁμοιοῦσθαι καὶ μηδὲν φαίνεσθαι διαφέροντασ, ἐμβαλεῖν εἰσ τὸν τῶν παρθένων ἀριθμὸν καὶ διαλαθεῖν ἅπαντασ· (Plutarch, chapter 23 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. like a woman

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

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