τίτθη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τῐ́τθη • (títthē) f (genitive τῐ́τθης); first declension

  1. nurse, wet nurse
    Synonyms: τιθήνη (tithḗnē), τροφός (trophós)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • τιτθεία (tittheía)
  • τιτθεύω (tittheúō)
  • τιτθίζω (titthízō)

Further reading

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