lytta

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύττα (lútta), variant of λύσσα (lússa, “lyssa, rabies”), then "sign of rabies under the tongue"; compare French lysses.

Noun

lytta (plural lyttae)

  1. (anatomy, archaic) A fibrous muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, such as the dog.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύττα (lútta), variant of λύσσα (lússa, “lyssa, rabies”), then "sign of rabies under the tongue."

Noun

lytta f (genitive lyttae); first declension

  1. A worm said to cause madness to dogs

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lytta lyttae
genitive lyttae lyttārum
dative lyttae lyttīs
accusative lyttam lyttās
ablative lyttā lyttīs
vocative lytta lyttae

References

  • “lytta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lytta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

lytta

  1. inflection of lytte:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Swedish

Adjective

lytta

  1. inflection of lytt:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural
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