female

Greek Adjective

θῆλυς, -εια, -υ [in LXX chiefly for נְקֵבָה;] female: as subst, ἡ θ, a female, a woman: Rom.1:26-27; τὸ θ, Mat.19:4, Mrk.10:6, Gal.3:28. (AS)

female

Greek Adjective

θῆλυς, θήλεια, θῆλυ: Epic dialect feminine θήλεα, accusative plural -εας[Refs 8th c.BC+]; accusative feminine θηλείην uncertain reading in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in late Prose θηλύτερος, -ύτατος occur as comparative and superlative (see. below 11): (θη- 'suckle', compare θῆσαι):—female, θήλεια θεός a goddess, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ἥρη θῆλυς ἐοῦσα being female,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; θήλειαι ἵπποι mares, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὄϊς θῆλυς a ewe, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θήλεια ἔλαφος a hind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ θ. ἵππος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζῷα θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄπαις θήλεος γόνου without female issue, [Refs 5th c.BC+] the she-mule, [Refs 5th c.BC+] b) ἡ θήλεα, Attic dialect -εια, the female, [Refs 5th c.BC+] c) τὸ θ. γένος the female sex, woman-kind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ θ. alone, [Refs]; opposed to τὸ ἄρρεν, [Refs 5th c.BC+] d) of plants and trees, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) of or belonging to women, κουράων θῆλυς ἀϋτή [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θήλεα νοῦσος among the Scythians (compare Ἐνάρεες), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. φόνος murder by women, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) metaphorically, of persons and things, II.1) soft, gentle, θῆλυς ἐέρση [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θ. νύξ (={ὕπομβρος}) [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.1.b) ὕδωρ θ. καὶ μαλακόν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; θηλύτατον πεδίον most fruitful, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; θηλύτατον ὕδωρ of the Nile, [Refs] II.2) tender, delicate, Φοίβου θήλειαι. παρειαί [Refs]; θῆλυς ἀπὸ χροιῆς delicate of skin, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of temper or character, soft, yielding, weak, θῆλυς ηὕρημαι τάλας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ θῆλυ τῆς ψυχῆς effeminacy, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.3) in mechanics, those parts were called female into which others fitted, as the female vertebra, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II.4) Grammars, feminine, θήλεα [ὀνόματα] [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.5) [Refs 4th c.BC+], of even numbers, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II.6) Astrology texts, of planets, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] III) θήλειαι, αἱ, kind of cheese made in Crete, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Adjective

female; female, woman; from the same as g2337 (θηλάζω)