θηλάζω

A. ἐθήλαξα Theoc. 3.16 (v.l. ‐αζε): (θηλή):

I. of the mother or nurse, suckle, Phryn.Com. 29, Lys. 1.9, Arist. HA 576b10: abs., give suck, οἱ μαστοί, οἳ οὐκ ἐθήλασαν Ev.Luc. 23.29:—also in Med., ἐπιμελεῖσθαι, ὅπως μέτριον χρόνον θηλάσονται Pl. R. 460d, cf. Arist. HA 566b17; οὐ συλλαμβάνουσι θηλαζόμεναι Id. GA 777a13, cf. IG 5(2).514.12 (Lycosura):—Pass., to be sucked, ὁ δελφὶς . . θηλάζεται ὑπὸ τῶν τέκνων Arist. HA 504b25.

II. of the young animal, suck, Id. GA 733b29, etc.; ἐλέφαντος ὁ σκύμνος θ. τῷ στόματι Id. HA 578a22; θηλάζων χοῖρος a sucking pig, Theoc. 14.15; seldom of an infant, Orph. Fr. 49.87.

2. c. acc., λεαίνας μασδὸν ἐθήλαξεν Theoc. 3.16; ἐὰν μὴ τύχῃ τεθηλακὼς ὁ ὄνος ἵππον Arist. HA 577b16. (Written θελάσζ‐ PSI 4.368.19 (iii B.C.).)