Θῆσθαι
to suck [milk]
Translated by Ryan Stone25 Feb 2008Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to milk.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θῆσθαι· ἀμέλγειν.
Betacode
*qh=sqai: a)me/lgein.
Notes
- Same entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword is an isolated athematic present middle infinitive, quoted from Homer, Odyssey 4.89; see the scholia thereto, and generally LSJ s.v.
qh=sai (web address 1).
For the glossing term cf. alpha 1544.
References
P. Chantraine, Grammaire homérique (Paris 1973) I.292
R.J. Cunliffe, A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect (1963) 186, 190.
R.J. Cunliffe, A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect (1963) 186, 190.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history6 revisions · last 30 Jan 2015
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes — David Whitehead
- tweaked note, added bibliography — Catharine Roth
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ryan Stone