θηλάζω,
Doric dialect aorist 1 ἐθήλαξα [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.16 (variant{-αζε})] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: (θηλή):
__I of the mother or nurse, suckle, [[ 5th c.BC: Phrynichus Comicus 29, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.9, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 576b10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, give suck, οἱ μαστοί, οἳ οὐκ ἐθήλασαν [[ NT.Luke.23.29 ] NT]:—also in middle, ἐπιμελεῖσθαι, ὅπως μέτριον χρόνον θηλάσονται [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 460d, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 566b17; οὐ συλλαμβάνουσι θηλαζόμεναι [prev. author] “GA” 777a13, compare “IG” 5(2).514.12 (from Lycosura)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be sucked, ὁ δελφὶς.. θηλάζεται ὑπὸ τῶν τέκνων [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 504b25. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II of the young animal, suck, [[ [prev. author] “GA” 733b29, etc.; ἐλέφαντος ὁ σκύμνος θ. τῷ στόματι [prev. author] “HA” 578a22 ] Refs]; θηλάζων χοῖρος a sucking pig, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.15 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; seldom of an infant, [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 49.87. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II.2 with accusative, λεαίνας μασδὸν ἐθήλαξεν [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.16; ἐὰν μὴ τύχῃ τεθηλακὼς ὁ ὄνος ἵππον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 577b16. (Written θελάσζ- “PSI” 4.368.19 (3rd c.BC).) ] Refs 4th c.BC+]