τυτθός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A nursery word with hypocoristic gemination and aspiration. With a similar form and meaning, compare Swedish tutta (“little girl”). See also τυννός (tunnós, “small, inferior”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tytʰ.tʰós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tytˈtʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tytˈθos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tytˈθos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /titˈθos/

Adjective

τῠτθός • (tŭtthós) m or f (neuter τῠτθόν); second declension

(Epic) small, little, young
Synonyms: βαιός (baiós), ἠβαιός (ēbaiós), μῑκρός (mīkrós)

Declension

Second declension of τῠτθός; τῠτθόν (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	τῠτθός tŭtthós	τῠτθόν tŭtthón	τῠτθώ tŭtthṓ	τῠτθώ tŭtthṓ	τῠτθοί tŭtthoí	τῠτθᾰ́ tŭtthắ
Genitive	τῠτθοῦ tŭtthoû	τῠτθοῦ tŭtthoû	τῠτθοῖν tŭtthoîn	τῠτθοῖν tŭtthoîn	τῠτθῶν tŭtthôn	τῠτθῶν tŭtthôn
Dative	τῠτθῷ tŭtthōî	τῠτθῷ tŭtthōî	τῠτθοῖν tŭtthoîn	τῠτθοῖν tŭtthoîn	τῠτθοῖς tŭtthoîs	τῠτθοῖς tŭtthoîs
Accusative	τῠτθόν tŭtthón	τῠτθόν tŭtthón	τῠτθώ tŭtthṓ	τῠτθώ tŭtthṓ	τῠτθούς tŭtthoús	τῠτθᾰ́ tŭtthắ
Vocative	τῠτθέ tŭtthé	τῠτθόν tŭtthón	τῠτθώ tŭtthṓ	τῠτθώ tŭtthṓ	τῠτθοί tŭtthoí	τῠτθᾰ́ tŭtthắ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

τυτθόν (tutthón)

Descendants

⇒ Translingual: Tytthoscincus