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τεττιγόνιον

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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523
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Full diacritics: τεττῑγόνιον Medium diacritics: τεττιγόνιον Low diacritics: τεττιγόνιον Capitals: ΤΕΤΤΙΓΟΝΙΟΝ
Transliteration A: tettigónion Transliteration B: tettigonion Transliteration C: tettigonion Beta Code: tettigo/nion

English (LSJ)

τό,

   A a small and voiceless kind of τέττιξ, a leaf-hopper or cicadelle, Arist.HA532b17; fem. pl. tettigoniae, Plin.HN11.92; prob. everywhere f.l. for τιτιγόνιον (q.v.).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

τεττῑγόνιον: τό, μικρότερον εἶδος τέττιγος, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 4. 7, 13, πρβλ. Meineke εἰς Κωμικ. Ἀποσπ. 2. 887.

Greek Monolingual

τὸ, Α
είδος μικρού τέττιγος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < τέττιξ, -ιγος «τζιτζίκι» + υποκορ. κατάλ. -όνιον κατά τα ἀηδόνιον, χελιδόνιον.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

τεττιγόνιον: τό теттигоний (мелкая разновидность цикад) Arst.