τυτθός

English (LSJ)

όν, Il.22.480, also ή, όν Call.Dian.64, A.R.3.93, 4.832 (cf. Hdn.Gr.1.145):—Ep. for (ς) μικρός, which is rarer in Hom.,

   A little, small, young, in Hom. mostly of persons, τυτθὸν ἐοῦσαν Il.l.c.; τόν γ' ἔθρεψε δόμοις ἔνι τυτθὸν ἐόντα while yet a little one, 11.223, cf. Od. 1.435, al.; τυτθὸν ὄντ' ἐν σπαργάνοις A.Ag.1606; αἱ μάλα τυτθαί Call. l.c.: of animals, ἀπτῆνα, τυτθόν A.Fr.337; τ. θηρίον ἐντὶ μέλισσα Theoc.19.5, etc.: of things, A.R.4.832, Maiist.29, etc.    II τυτθόν as Adv., a little, a bit, esp. of Space, ἀνεχάζετο τυτθὸν ὀπίσσω Il.5.443; τ. ἀποπρὸ νεῶν 7.334, cf. Od.9.540; τ. ὑπεκπροθέων Il.21.604, cf. 10.345; τ. ἀπ' ἀκροτάτης κορυφῆς Hes.Th.62: of measure or degree, κοτύλην τις τ. ἐπέσχεν, so as to give only a sip, Il.22.494; τ. ἔτι ζώων with but little life yet in him, 19.335, cf. 16.302; οὐδέ με τ. ἔτισεν 1.354: of the voice, low, softly, gently, τυτθὸν φθεγξαμένη 24.170.    2 by a little, scarcely, hardly, ἀπὸ τ. ἅμαρτεν 17.609; ἠλεύατο ἔγχος τ. 13.185, 17.306; τ. ὑπὲκ θανάτοιο φέρονται 15.628: also pl., τυτθὰ ἐκφυγεῖν A.Pers.564 (lyr.); τ. οἷον καὶ ὁκόσον ἂν λάθοι Hp.Cord. 2; παρὰ τ. ἰόν ibid.    III pl. τυτθά, in Hom. only τυτθὰ διατμήξας cut small, Od.12.174; κεάσαιμι split small, ib.388. (Rare in Prose, Hp.l.c.: Thessalian word acc. to Sch.T Il.13.466.)