τιτθός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

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

  1. (anatomy) breast, especially a woman's breast
    Synonym: μᾰστός (mastós)
  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 titthós 		τὼ τῐτθώ
tṑ titthṓ 		οἱ τῐτθοί
hoi titthoí
Genitive τοῦ τῐτθοῦ
toû titthoû 		τοῖν τῐτθοῖν
toîn titthoîn 		τῶν τῐτθῶν
tôn titthôn
Dative τῷ τῐτθῷ
tôi titthôi 		τοῖν τῐτθοῖν
toîn titthoîn 		τοῖς τῐτθοῖς
toîs titthoîs
Accusative τὸν τῐτθόν
tòn titthón 		τὼ τῐτθώ
tṑ titthṓ 		τοὺς τῐτθούς
toùs titthoús
Vocative τῐτθέ
titthé 		τῐτθώ
titthṓ 		τῐτθοί
titthoí
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