[38] τιθήνΗ, “mother”; for this rare meaning only Colluth. 372 is adduced by Baumeister and Gemoll (add id. 84, 87, 99, 174). But the use may also be defended by “τροφός”=“μήτηρ” in Soph. Aj.849, “τὴν θρέψασαν” for mother-land, in Leocr. § 47. Köchly's “παῖδ᾽ ἀτίθηνον” (after Maneth. iv. 368) is out of the question. Peppmüller thinks that “τιθήνη” is used advisedly to suggest that Dryope in her terror neglected a mother's duty of “nursing” her child.
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