θηλή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰɛː.lɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰe̝ˈle̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θiˈli/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θiˈli/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θiˈli/
Noun
θηλή • (thēlḗ) f (genitive θηλῆς); first declension
- a teat, a nipple
- 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Cyclops 56
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Epidemics 5.101
- 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Cratylus 414a
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 493a.13
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 500a.24
- 50 CE – 150 CE, Soranus, Collected Works 1.115
- the head of a pole
- PLond. 3.1164h.9
Declension
First declension of ἡ θηλή; τῆς θηλῆς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ θηλή hē thēlḗ | τὼ θηλᾱ́ tṑ thēlā́ | αἱ θηλαί hai thēlaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς θηλῆς tês thēlês | τοῖν θηλαῖν toîn thēlaîn | τῶν θηλῶν tôn thēlôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ θηλῇ têi thēlêi | τοῖν θηλαῖν toîn thēlaîn | ταῖς θηλαῖς taîs thēlaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν θηλήν tḕn thēlḗn | τὼ θηλᾱ́ tṑ thēlā́ | τᾱ̀ς θηλᾱ́ς tā̀s thēlā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | θηλή thēlḗ | θηλᾱ́ thēlā́ | θηλαί thēlaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: θηλή (thilí)
References
- “θηλή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θηλή (thēlḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [θiˈli]
- Hyphenation: θη‧λή
Noun
θηλή • (thilí) f (plural θηλές)
- (anatomy) nipple, teat
- teat
Declension
declension of θηλή
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | θηλή • | θηλές • |
genitive | θηλής • | θηλών • |
accusative | θηλή • | θηλές • |
vocative | θηλή • | θηλές • |
Synonyms
- ρώγα f (róga) (less formal)