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θηλή

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θηλή

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Word-form

θηλή

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LSJ

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Word)

thēlē

English translation (word)

teat

Transliteration (Etymon)

thēsai

English translation (etymon)

to suckle

Author

Philoxenus

Century

1 BC

Reference

fr. *101

Edition

C. Theodoridis, Die Fragmente des Grammatikers Philoxenos [Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) 2. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1976

Source

Orion

Ref.

Etymologicum, theta, p. 73

Ed.

F.W. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig: Weigel, 1820 (repr. Hildesheim: Olms, 1973): 1-172

Quotation

Θηλή· παρὰ τὸν θήσω μέλλοντα, ὃς δηλοῖ τὸ θηλάσω, ἐξ οὗ καὶ θηλή.

Translation (En)

Thēlē "teat": from the future thēsō, which means "I will suckle" (thēlasō), from which thēlē is made as well.

Other translation(s)

Thēlē « mamelon » : du futur thēsō, qui signifie « j’allaiterai » (thēlasō), d’où vient aussi thēlē.

Comment

Derivational etymology, starting from the future form, which is regular in Philoxenus' theory

Parallels

Philoxenus, fr. 102 (θῆλυς καὶ θήλεια· ἔστι ῥῆμα θῶ καὶ δηλοῖ τὸ τρέφω, ὁ μέλλων θήσω, παρ’ ὃ θηλὴ ὄνομα ῥηματικόν, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ η εἰς υ θῆλυς, οὗ γένος θηλυκὸν θήλεια. οὕτω Φιλόξενος); Epimerismi Homerici Il. 1. 236a2 (ἀναθηλήσει: [...] —τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ θηλή· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ θῶ, τὸ τρέφω.); Etym. Gudianum, alpha, p. 130 (Ἀναθηλήσει <Α 236>· [...] τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ θηλή. τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ θῶ, τὸ τρέφω); ibid., theta, p. 261 (Θῆλυς καὶ θήλεια. ἔστι ῥῆμα θῶ καὶ δηλοῖ τὸ τρέφω, ὁ μέλλων θήσω, παρ’ οὗ θηλὴ ὄνομα ῥηματικὸν, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ η εἰς υ θῆλυς, οὗ γένος θηλυκὸν θήλεια. οὕτω Φιλόξενος); ibid., theta, p. 262 (Θηλὴ, παρὰ τὸν θήσω μέλλοντα, ὃ δηλοῖ τὸ θηλάζω); Eustathius, Comm. Od. vol. 1, p. 151 (Σημειωτέον δὲ καὶ τὴν γραφὴν τοῦ θῆσθαι διὰ τοῦ ἦτα φερομένην ὁμοίως τῷ χρῆσθαι. χρῆσις δὲ σύστοιχος αὐτῷ, καὶ τὸ θήσατο μαζὸν ἐν Ἰλιάδι. ὅθεν καὶ θηλὴ καὶ θηλάζειν); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 96 (Ἀναθηλήσει: [...] Τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ θηλή· τὸ δὲ, παρὰ τὸ θῶ, τὸ θηλάζω); ibid., Kallierges, p. 450 (Θηλαμών: Ἡ τροφός. [...] Ἐκ τοῦ θήσω οὖν γίνεται ῥηματικὸν ὄνομα θηλή); ibid., Kallierges, p. 461 (θῶ, τὸ θηλάζω, ἐξ οὗ καὶ θηλὴ ὁ μασθὸς, καὶ θῆλυς, ἡ ἔχουσα μασθοὺς καὶ θηλάζουσα); Etym. Symeonis, vol. 1, p. 26 (ἀναθηλήσει (Α 236)· [...] τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ θηλή, τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ θῶ, τὸ θηλάζω); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, theta, p. 1068 (Θῶ. τὸ θηλάζω. ἐξ οὗ καὶ θηλή); Gennadius Scholarius, Grammatica, part 2, p. 456 (θῶ, τὸ θηλάζω, ἐξ οὗ θηλή)