τιτθός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”). Compare τῐ́τθη (tĭ́tthē, “wet nurse”), θῆλῠς (thêlŭs, “female”), θηλή (thēlḗ, “teat”) and τῐθήνη (tĭthḗnē, “wet nurse”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τῐτθός • (tĭtthós) m (genitive τῐτθοῦ); second declension

  1. (anatomy) breast, especially a woman's breast
    Synonym: μᾰστός (măstós)
  2. (in the plural) animal's teat
  3. nurser, rearer

Declension

Second declension of ὁ τῐτθός; τοῦ τῐτθοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ τῐτθός
ho tĭtthós 		τὼ τῐτθώ
tṑ tĭtthṓ 		οἱ τῐτθοί
hoi tĭtthoí
Genitive τοῦ τῐτθοῦ
toû tĭtthoû 		τοῖν τῐτθοῖν
toîn tĭtthoîn 		τῶν τῐτθῶν
tôn tĭtthôn
Dative τῷ τῐτθῷ
tōî tĭtthōî 		τοῖν τῐτθοῖν
toîn tĭtthoîn 		τοῖς τῐτθοῖς
toîs tĭtthoîs
Accusative τὸν τῐτθόν
tòn tĭtthón 		τὼ τῐτθώ
tṑ tĭtthṓ 		τοὺς τῐτθούς
toùs tĭtthoús
Vocative τῐτθέ
tĭtthé 		τῐτθώ
tĭtthṓ 		τῐτθοί
tĭtthoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ᾰ̓πότῐτθος (ăpótĭtthos)
  • ἐπῐστηθῐ́δῐος (epĭstēthĭ́dĭos)
  • ἐπιτίτθιος (epitítthios)
  • ὁμότῐτθος (homótĭtthos)
  • ὀρθοτῐ́τθῐος (orthotĭ́tthĭos)
  • τῐτθῐ́δῐον (tĭtthĭ́dĭon)
  • τῐτθῐ́ον (tĭtthĭ́on)
  • τῐτθολᾰβέω (tĭttholăbéō)
  • τῐτθολᾰβῶ (tĭttholăbô)
  • τῐττῐ́ο (tĭttĭ́o)
  • τῐττῐ́ον (tĭttĭ́on)
  • ῠ̔ποτῐ́θῐος (hŭpotĭ́thĭos)
  • ῠ̔ποτῐτθῐ́δῐος (hŭpotĭtthĭ́dĭos)
  • ῠ̔ποτῐτθῐκόν (hŭpotĭtthĭkón)
  • ῠ̔ποτῐ́τθῐος (hŭpotĭ́tthĭos)
  • ῠ̔πότῐτθος (hŭpótĭtthos)
  • τῐτθείᾱ (tĭttheíā)
  • τῐτθεύειν (tĭttheúein)
  • τῐτθευτῐκός (tĭttheutĭkós)
  • τῐτθεύτρῐᾰ (tĭttheútrĭă)
  • τῐτθεύω (tĭttheúō)
  • τῐ́τθη (tĭ́tthē)
  • τῐτθῐ́ζω (tĭtthĭ́zō)
  • τῐτθῐσμός (tĭtthĭsmós)

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