Θῆλυς

feminine, female

Translated by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝12 Aug 2003Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 25 words

In Homer it is formed like ph=xus. "Hera being female".¹ Also "female horses": as if to say mares.²
But in the neuter [it is] qh=lu.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θῆλυς· παρ' Ὁμήρῳ ἐσχημάτισται ὡς πῆχυς. Ἥρη θῆλυς ἐοῦσα. καὶ θήλεας ἵππους· οἱονεὶ θηλείας. οὐδετέρως δὲ θῆλυ.

Betacode

*qh=lus: par' *(omh/rw| e)sxhma/tistai w(s ph=xus. *(/hrh qh=lus e)ou=sa. kai\ qh/leas i(/ppous: oi(onei\ qhlei/as. ou)dete/rws de\ qh=lu.

1Homer, Iliad 19.97, with comment from the scholia there. ↩
2Homer, Iliad 5.269, with comment (glossing the form qh/leas with qhlei/as) from the scholia there. ↩

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