The corpus record

θηλύτης

thelutes · ἡ

womanhood, female nature

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What it meant — LSJ

womanhood, female nature, sexual characters

womanhood, female nature, Arist. GA 775a16; sexual characters of the female, Gal. 4.570.

2 womanishness, delicacy, the womanish nature, effeminacy

womanishness, delicacy, Corn. ND 20, Plu. Crass. 32; ἡ θ. τοῦ κάλλους the womanish nature of . . , ib. 24; also, effeminacy, ἐσθήτων Id. Alc. 16 (pl.).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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