Ask at the forum if you have an Ancient or Modern Greek query!

τεττιγόνιον

From LSJ
Revision as of 22:10, 24 November 2023 by Spiros (talk | contribs) (Text replacement - "Arist.''HA''" to "Arist.''HA''")
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
Click links below for lookup in third sources:
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 small and voiceless kind ofτέττιξ, a leaf-hopper or cicadelle, Arist.HA532b17; fem. pl. tettigoniae, Plin.HN11.92; prob. everywhere f.l. for τιτιγόνιον (q.v.).

Russian (Dvoretsky)

τεττιγόνιον: τό теттигоний (мелкая разновидность цикад) Arst.

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.