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for otherwise courage would not be praised. The words ἄρρεν (male) and ἀνήρ (man) refer, like ἀνδρεία, to the upward (ἄνω) current or flow. The word γυνή (woman) seems to me to be much the same as γονή (birth). I think θῆλυ (female) is derived from θηλή (teat); and is not θηλή, Hermogenes, so called because it makes things flourish (τεθηλέναι), like plants wet with showers?Hermogenes
Very likely, Socrates.Socrates
And again, the word θάλλειν (flourish) seems to me to figure the rapid and sudden growth of the young.
Very likely, Socrates.Socrates
And again, the word θάλλειν (flourish) seems to me to figure the rapid and sudden growth of the young.
