θῆλυς
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-lu-s, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”). One especially close cognate is Sanskrit धारु (dhārú, “suckling”); others include Latin fēmina, fētus, fīlius, Sanskrit धयति (dhayati), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬎 (daēnu), Old Armenian դիեմ (diem), Old Church Slavonic доити (doiti). See also θηλή (thēlḗ, “breast, nipple”).[1]
The "abundant" sense may be related to θάλλω (thállō, “to flourish”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰɛ̂ː.lys/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰe̝.lys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθi.lys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθi.lys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθi.lis/
Adjective
editθῆλῠς • (thêlus) m (feminine θήλειᾰ, neuter θῆλῠ); first/third declension
- female
- θήλεια θεός/θεᾱ́ ― thḗleia theós/theā́ ― goddess (literally, “female god”)
- of or belonging to women, womanly, feminine
- soft, gentle
- tender, delicate
- female (having an internal socket, into which another part fits)
- ante 177 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 2.180
- (grammar) feminine
- (mathematics) even
- (astrology) negative or feminine sign (one of Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, or Pisces)
- abundant
Inflection
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | θῆλῠς thêlus |
θήλειᾰ thḗleia |
θῆλῠ thêlu |
θήλεε thḗlee |
θηλείᾱ thēleíā |
θήλεε thḗlee |
θήλεις thḗleis |
θήλειαι thḗleiai |
θήλη / θήλεᾰ thḗlē / thḗlea | |||||
Genitive | θήλεος thḗleos |
θηλείᾱς thēleíās |
θήλεος thḗleos |
θηλέοιν thēléoin |
θηλείαιν thēleíain |
θηλέοιν thēléoin |
θηλέων thēléōn |
θηλειῶν thēleiôn |
θηλέων thēléōn | |||||
Dative | θήλει thḗlei |
θηλείᾳ thēleíāi |
θήλει thḗlei |
θηλέοιν thēléoin |
θηλείαιν thēleíain |
θηλέοιν thēléoin |
θήλεσῐ / θήλεσῐν thḗlesi(n) |
θηλείαις thēleíais |
θήλεσῐ / θήλεσῐν thḗlesi(n) | |||||
Accusative | θῆλῠν thêlun |
θήλειᾰν thḗleian |
θῆλῠ thêlu |
θήλεε thḗlee |
θηλείᾱ thēleíā |
θήλεε thḗlee |
θήλεις thḗleis |
θηλείᾱς thēleíās |
θήλη / θήλεᾰ thḗlē / thḗlea | |||||
Vocative | θῆλῠ thêlu |
θήλειᾰ thḗleia |
θῆλῠ thêlu |
θήλεε thḗlee |
θηλείᾱ thēleíā |
θήλεε thḗlee |
θήλεις thḗleis |
θήλειαι thḗleiai |
θήλη / θήλεᾰ thḗlē / thḗlea | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
θηλέως thēléōs |
θηλῠ́τερος thēlúteros |
θηλῠ́τᾰτος thēlútatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | θῆλῠς thêlus |
θήλειᾰ thḗleia |
θῆλῠ thêlu |
θήλεε thḗlee |
θηλείᾱ thēleíā |
θήλεε thḗlee |
θήλεις thḗleis |
θήλειαι thḗleiai |
θήλη / θήλεᾰ thḗlē / thḗlea | |||||
Genitive | θήλεος thḗleos |
θηλείης thēleíēs |
θήλεος thḗleos |
θηλέοιν thēléoin |
θηλείαιν thēleíain |
θηλέοιν thēléoin |
θηλέων thēléōn |
θηλειέων / θηλειῶν thēleiéōn / thēleiôn |
θηλέων thēléōn | |||||
Dative | θήλει thḗlei |
θηλείῃ thēleíēi |
θήλει thḗlei |
θηλέοιν thēléoin |
θηλείαιν thēleíain |
θηλέοιν thēléoin |
θήλεσῐ / θήλεσῐν thḗlesi(n) |
θηλείῃσῐ / θηλείῃσῐν thēleíēisi(n) |
θήλεσῐ / θήλεσῐν thḗlesi(n) | |||||
Accusative | θῆλῠν thêlun |
θήλειᾰν thḗleian |
θῆλῠ thêlu |
θήλεε thḗlee |
θηλείᾱ thēleíā |
θήλεε thḗlee |
θήλεις thḗleis |
θηλείᾱς thēleíās |
θήλη / θήλεᾰ thḗlē / thḗlea | |||||
Vocative | θῆλῠ thêlu |
θήλειᾰ thḗleia |
θῆλῠ thêlu |
θήλεε thḗlee |
θηλείᾱ thēleíā |
θήλεε thḗlee |
θήλεις thḗleis |
θήλειαι thḗleiai |
θήλη / θήλεᾰ thḗlē / thḗlea | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
θηλέως thēléōs |
θηλῠ́τερος thēlúteros |
θηλῠ́τᾰτος thēlútatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | θῆλῠς thêlus |
θήλειᾰ thḗleia |
θῆλῠ thêlu |
θήλεε thḗlee |
θηλείᾱ thēleíā |
θήλεε thḗlee |
θήλεες thḗlees |
θήλειαι thḗleiai |
θήλη / θήλεᾰ thḗlē / thḗlea | |||||
Genitive | θήλεος thḗleos |
θηλείης thēleíēs |
θήλεος thḗleos |
θηλέοιῐν thēléoiin |
θηλείαιν / θηλείαιῐν / θηλείῃῐν thēleíai(i)n / thēleíēiin |
θηλέοιῐν thēléoiin |
θηλέων thēléōn |
θηλειᾱ́ων / θηλειέ͜ων / θηλειῶν thēleiā́ōn / thēleié͜ōn / thēleiôn |
θηλέων thēléōn | |||||
Dative | θήλει thḗlei |
θηλείῃ thēleíēi |
θήλει thḗlei |
θηλέοιῐν thēléoiin |
θηλείαιν / θηλείαιῐν / θηλείῃῐν thēleíai(i)n / thēleíēiin |
θηλέοιῐν thēléoiin |
θηλέεσσῐ / θηλέεσσῐν / θηλέεσῐ / θηλέεσῐν / θήλεσῐ / θήλεσῐν thēléessi(n) / thēléesi(n) / thḗlesi(n) |
θηλείῃσῐ / θηλείῃσῐν / θηλείῃς / θηλείαις thēleíēisi(n) / thēleíēis / thēleíais |
θηλέεσσῐ / θηλέεσσῐν / θηλέεσῐ / θηλέεσῐν / θήλεσῐ / θήλεσῐν thēléessi(n) / thēléesi(n) / thḗlesi(n) | |||||
Accusative | θῆλῠν thêlun |
θήλειᾰν thḗleian |
θῆλῠ thêlu |
θήλεε thḗlee |
θηλείᾱ thēleíā |
θήλεε thḗlee |
θήλεᾰς thḗleas |
θηλείᾱς thēleíās |
θήλη / θήλεᾰ thḗlē / thḗlea | |||||
Vocative | θῆλῠ thêlu |
θήλειᾰ thḗleia |
θῆλῠ thêlu |
θήλεε thḗlee |
θηλείᾱ thēleíā |
θήλεε thḗlee |
θήλεες thḗlees |
θήλειαι thḗleiai |
θήλη / θήλεᾰ thḗlē / thḗlea | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
θηλέως thēléōs |
θηλῠ́τερος thēlúteros |
θηλῠ́τᾰτος thēlútatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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This is one of the two non-compounded adjectives in -ύς, -εῖα, -ύ, along with ἥμισυς (hḗmisus), that have a recessive accent. See also ἐλαχύς (elakhús), λιγύς (ligús).
Antonyms
edit- ἄρσην (ársēn)
Derived terms
edit- ἄθηλυς (áthēlus)
- ἀνδρόθηλυς (andróthēlus)
- ἀρσενόθηλυς (arsenóthēlus)
- ἡμίθηλυς (hēmíthēlus)
- θηλυγενής (thēlugenḗs)
- θηλύγλωσσος (thēlúglōssos)
- θηλυγονέω (thēlugonéō)
- θηλυγονία (thēlugonía)
- θηλυγόνος (thēlugónos)
- θηλυδρίας (thēludrías)
- θηλυδριώδης (thēludriṓdēs)
- θηλυδριῶτις (thēludriôtis)
- θηλυκός (thēlukós)
- θηλυκράνεια (thēlukráneia)
- θηλυκρατής (thēlukratḗs)
- θηλυκτόνος (thēluktónos)
- θηλυκώδης (thēlukṓdēs)
- θηλύλαλος (thēlúlalos)
- θηλυμανέω (thēlumanéō)
- θηλυμανής (thēlumanḗs)
- θηλυμελής (thēlumelḗs)
- θηλυμίτρης (thēlumítrēs)
- θηλύμορφος (thēlúmorphos)
- θηλύνοος (thēlúnoos)
- θηλύνω (thēlúnō)
- θηλύπαθεω (thēlúpatheō)
- θηλύπαις (thēlúpais)
- θηλυποιός (thēlupoiós)
- θηλύπους (thēlúpous)
- θηλυπρεπής (thēluprepḗs)
- θηλύπρινος (thēlúprinos)
- θηλυπρόσωπος (thēluprósōpos)
- θηλυπτερίς (thēlupterís)
- θηλύσπορος (thēlúsporos)
- θηλυστολέω (thēlustoléō)
- θηλυστολία (thēlustolía)
- θηλύστολος (thēlústolos)
- θηλύτεκνος (thēlúteknos)
- θηλύτης (thēlútēs)
- θηλυτοκέω (thēlutokéō)
- θηλυτοκία (thēlutokía)
- θηλύτοκος (thēlútokos)
- θηλύτροπος (thēlútropos)
- θηλυφανής (thēluphanḗs)
- θηλυφθόριον (thēluphthórion)
- θηλυφόνον (thēluphónon)
- θηλυφόνος (thēluphónos)
- θηλύφρων (thēlúphrōn)
- θηλύφωνος (thēlúphōnos)
- θηλύχειρ (thēlúkheir)
- θηλυχίτων (thēlukhítōn)
- θηλυχοίρα (thēlukhoíra)
- θηλύψυχος (thēlúpsukhos)
- μιξόθηλυς (mixóthēlus)
- Πάνθηλυς (Pánthēlus)
- ὑπόθηλυς (hupóthēlus)
- φιλόθηλυς (philóthēlus)
See also
edit- Negative sign on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θῆλυς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 546-7
Further reading
edit- “θῆλυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θῆλυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “θῆλυς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θῆλυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- θῆλυς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “θῆλυς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2338 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- “θῆλυς”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
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