τιτθός

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

Derived terms

  • τῐτθολᾰβέω (tittholabéō)
  • τῐτθῐ́δῐον (titthídion)
  • τῐτθῐ́ον (titthíon)

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