to suckle
thelazo refers to nursing a child at the breast, whether naming the act or those engaged in it.
The attested uses concern nursing at the breast: most occurrences describe women who are nursing in a time of distress, while one describes infants and nursing children and another addresses the act in reference to Jesus' infancy.
Senses in use
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Nursing mothers · dominant
In Luke 21:23, Mark 13:17, and Matthew 24:19, the present active participle is joined with those who are with child in pronouncements of woe; the APB renders the clauses as those who “nurse infants,” “are nursing infants,” or “are nursing.”
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Nursing in reference to children · common
In Matthew 21:16, the present active participle occurs with infants in the phrase the APB renders “infants and nursing children.” In Luke 11:27, the aorist active indicative addresses Jesus with reference to the breasts at which he nursed.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously renders the surrounding clauses with “nurse infants,” “are nursing infants,” “nursing,” and “you nursed.” These expressions confirm the nursing context without fixing a separate English rendering for every form.