τιτθός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”). Compare τίτθη (títthē, “wet nurse”), θῆλυς (thêlus, “female”), θηλή (thēlḗ, “teat”) and τιθήνη (tithḗnē, “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

Inflection

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

  • τῐτθῐ́δῐον (tĭtthĭ́dĭon)
  • τῐτθῐ́ον (tĭtthĭ́on)
  • τῐτθολᾰβέω (tĭttholăbéō)

Further reading

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