στεῖρα, ἡ,
a cow or other animal
__B that has not brought forth young, στεῖραν βοῦν.. ῥέξειν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.522; αἶγα στεῖραν “PCair.Zen.” 429.15 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.II of women, barren, [[ Diocl.fragment 29, LXX.Gen.11.30, 25.21, NT.Luke.1.7, 36 ] LXX+NT]; Μοῖρα σ. [[“Anthologia Graeca” 7.468 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); στείρῃσι γυναιξί 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 459 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; of women past childbearing, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.127: _metaphorically_, στεῖρα διάνοια, φύσις, ψυχή, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.441, 636, 478. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.2 not having had offspring, virgin, [[ 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 670, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 17 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit star[imacracute]s 'barren cow, heifer', Latin sterilis.)