to enervate, Eur ., Xen. : metaph. to soften, Zevfuro" ku`ma qhluvnei Anth .: —Pass. to become weak and womanish, Soph .: to play the coquet. Bion.
qhluprephv"
qhlu-prephv" , ev" , ( prevpw ) befitting a woman, Anth.
qh`lu"
qh`lu" , qhvleia, qh`lu Hom .; qh`lu" also as fem. : inIon. the fem. forms are qhvlea, qhvlean, qhlevh", qhlevh/ , pl. qhvleai, qhvlea", qhlevwn :( * qavw to suckle): — of female sex, female, qhvleia qeov" a goddess, Il.; qhvleiai i{ppoi mares, Od.; suve" qhvleiai sows, Ib.; o[i>" qh`lu" a ewe, Il.; a[pai" qhvleo" govnou without female issue, Hdt. :— hJ qhvlea , Att. -eia , the female, Id., Aesch. ; crh`ma qhleiw`n woman- kind, Eur. ; to; qh`lu gevno" or to; qh`lu the female sex, woman kind, Id.
2.
of
or
belonging to women,
Hdt
.,
Aesch.
;
q. fovno"
murder
by women,
Eur.
3.
in Gramm.
feminine.
II.
applied to persons and things,
1.
fresh, refreshing,
of dew,
Hes.
2.
tender, delicate, gentle,
qhluvterai gunai`ke", qhluvterai qeaiv
(where the
Comp.
is used much like a Positive),
Hom.
;
qh`lu" ajpo; croia`"
delicate
of skin,
Theocr.
; of character,
soft, yielding, weak,
gunh; qh`lu" ou\sa
Soph.
qhluvsporo"
qhluv-sporo" , on , ( speivrw ) of female kind, Aesch.
qhluvth"
qhluvth" , hto", hJ , ( qh`lu" ) womanishness, delicacy, effeminacy, Plut.
qhlutovko"
qhlu-tovko" , on , ( tivktw ) giving birth to girls, Theocr.
qhlufanhv"
qhlu-fa±nhv" , ev" , ( faivnomai ) like a woman, Plut ., Anth.
qhlucivtwn
qhluØ-civtwn »iØ1/4, oJ, hJ , with womans frock, Anth ., Luc.
qhJmevra/
qhJmevra/ , crasis for th`/ hJmevra/ .
qhJmetevrou
qhJmetevrou , crasis for tou` hJmetevrou .
qh[misu
qh[misu , crasis for to; h{misu .
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