θυγάτηρ

A. θύγατρα Il. 1.13; voc. θύγατερ: nom. pl. θυγατέρες, Ep. and lyr. θύγατρες 9.144, Sapph. Supp. 20a.16: gen. pl. ‐τέρων IG 22.832.19, Pl. R. 461c, poet. ‐τρῶν: dat. pl. ‐τράσι Ep. ‐τέρεσσι Il. 15.197; both sets of forms are found in poetry, θυγατρός, ‐τρί, ‐τράσι are used in Prose:—daughter, Il. 9.148,290, Od. 4.4, etc.; θύγατρες ἵππων, of mules, Simon. 7; θ. ταύρων, of bees, Philo Tars. ap. Gal. 13.269: metaph., Μοισᾶν θυγατέρες, of Odes, Pi. N. 4.3; πλάστιγξ ἡ χαλκοῦ θ. Critias 1.9D.; θ. Σειληνοῦ, of the vine, Jul. Caes. 25; ψήφου συμβολικῆς θ., of a λάγυνος, AP 6.248 (Marc. Arg.); of villages dependent on a city, LXX Jd. 1.27, 1 Ma. 5.8.

II. later, maidservant, slave, Phalar. Ep. 142.3. [υ in Ep. in the longer forms, metri gr.] (Cf. Skt. duhitár-, Engl. daughter, etc.)