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τεττιγόνιον

From LSJ

Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11
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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 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.