θῆλυς , θήλεια, θῆλυ (also w. two endings):
female;
ἀυ_τή, i. e. of women's voices, Od. 6.122
; ἐέρση, with the thought of
‘nourishing,’ Od.
5.467; comp., θηλύτερος,
weaker (of the two sexes), weak, Il. 8.520, Od.
8.324.