θῆλυς
θῆλυς, θήλεια, θῆλυ: Ep. fem. θήλεα, acc. pl. -εας Il. 5.269 ( Hom. has regul. fem. θήλεια Il. 8.7, al., but also θῆλυς as fem., 10.216, al., as in other poets, v. infr.): Ion. fem. θήλεα, θήλεαν, θηλέης, θηλέῃ, pl. θήλεαι, θηλέας, θηλέων, Hdt. and Hp.: gen. θήλυδος S. Fr. 1054; acc. fem. θηλείην dub. l. in Nic. Al. 42, neut. pl. θήλεια Arat. 1068: Ep. also θηλύτερος indicating opposition rather than comparison (cf. ἀρρέντερος) ; θηλύτεραι δὲ γυναῖκες Il. 8.520; θηλύτεραι δὲ θεαί Od. 8.324; μάτε ἐρσεναιτέραν μάτε θηλυτέραν Schwyzer 424 ( Elis, iv B.C.); in late Prose θηλύτερος, -ύτατος occur as Comp. and Sup. (v. infr. II): ( θη- ‘suckle’, cf. θῆσαι):—