θηλάζω , Dor. aor. 1 ἐθήλαξα Theoc. 3.16 ( v.l. -αζε ): ( θηλή ): of the mother or nurse, suckle , Phryn.Com. 29 , Lys. 1.9 , Arist. HA 576b10 : abs., give suck , οἱ μαστοί, οἳ οὐκ ἐθήλασαν Ev.Luc. 23
θηλάζω, Dor.
aor. 1
A.
ἐθήλαξα
Theoc. 3.16
( v.l. -αζε ): (θηλή):
I. of the mother or nurse,suckle, Phryn.Com. 29 , Lys. 1.9 , Arist. HA 576b10 : abs.,give suck, οἱ μαστοί, οἳ οὐκ ἐθήλασαν
Ev.Luc. 23.29
:—also in Med. , ἐπιμελεῖσθαι, ὅπως μέτριον χρόνον θηλάσονται
Pl. R. 460d
, cf. Arist. HA 566b17 ; οὐ συλλαμβάνουσι θηλαζόμεναι
Id. GA 777a13
, cf. IG 5(2).514.12 (Lycosura):— Pass. ,to be sucked, ὁ δελφὶς . . θηλάζεται ὑπὸ τῶν τέκνων
Arist. HA 504b25
.
II. of the young animal,suck, Id. GA 733b29 , etc.; ἐλέφαντος ὁ σκύμνος θ. τῷ στόματι
Id. HA 578a22
;θηλάζων χοῖροςasuckingpig, Theoc. 14.15 ; seldom of an infant, Orph. Fr. 49.87 .
2. c. acc., λεαίνας μασδὸν ἐθήλαξεν
Theoc. 3.16
; ἐὰν μὴ τύχῃ τεθηλακὼς ὁ ὄνος ἵππον
Arist. HA 577b16
. (Written θελάσζ-
PSI 4.368.19
(iii B.C.).)
