τιτίς

Ancient Greek

Of onomatopoeic origin. Compare τιττυβίζω (tittubízō, “to cry (of the partridge)”), τέττῑξ (téttīx, “cicada”) and τυτώ (tutṓ, “owl”).

τῑτῐ́ς • (tītĭ́s) f (genitive τῑτῐ́δος); third declension

Third declension of ἡ τῑτῐ́ς; τῆς τῑτῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τῑτῐ́ς hē tītĭ́s	τὼ τῑτῐ́δε tṑ tītĭ́de	αἱ τῑτῐ́δες hai tītĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς τῑτῐ́δος tês tītĭ́dos	τοῖν τῑτῐ́δοιν toîn tītĭ́doin	τῶν τῑτῐ́δων tôn tītĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ τῑτῐ́δῐ tēî tītĭ́dĭ	τοῖν τῑτῐ́δοιν toîn tītĭ́doin	ταῖς τῑτῐ́σῐ / τῑτῐ́σῐν taîs tītĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν τῑτῐ́δᾰ tḕn tītĭ́dă	τὼ τῑτῐ́δε tṑ tītĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς τῑτῐ́δᾰς tā̀s tītĭ́dăs
Vocative	τῑτῐ́ς tītĭ́s	τῑτῐ́δε tītĭ́de	τῑτῐ́δες tītĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.