τυτθός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=όν, <span class="bibl">Il.22.480</span>, also ή, όν <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>64</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.3.93</span>, <span class="bibl">4.832</span> (cf. Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">1.145</span>):—Ep. for (ς) <b class="b3">μικρός</b>, which is rarer in Hom., <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[little]], [[small]], [[young]], in Hom. mostly of persons, <b class="b3">τυτθὸν ἐοῦσαν</b> Il.l.c.; <b class="b3">τόν γ' ἔθρεψε δόμοις ἔνι τυτθὸν ἐόντα</b> while yet [[a little one]], <span class="bibl">11.223</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od. 1.435</span>, al.; τυτθὸν ὄντ' ἐν σπαργάνοις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1606</span>; αἱ μάλα τυτθαί Call. l.c.: of animals, ἀπτῆνα, τυτθόν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>337</span>; τ. θηρίον ἐντὶ μέλισσα <span class="bibl">Theoc.19.5</span>, etc.: of things, <span class="bibl">A.R.4.832</span>, <span class="bibl">Maiist.29</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">τυτθόν</b> as Adv., <b class="b2">a little, a bit</b>, esp. of Space, ἀνεχάζετο τυτθὸν ὀπίσσω <span class="bibl">Il.5.443</span>; τ. ἀποπρὸ νεῶν <span class="bibl">7.334</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.9.540</span>; τ. ὑπεκπροθέων <span class="bibl">Il.21.604</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">10.345</span>; τ. ἀπ' ἀκροτάτης κορυφῆς <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>62</span>: of measure or degree, <b class="b3">κοτύλην τις τ. ἐπέσχεν</b>, so as to give only a sip, <span class="bibl">Il.22.494</span>; <b class="b3">τ. ἔτι ζώων</b> with but [[little]] life yet in him, <span class="bibl">19.335</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">16.302</span>; οὐδέ με τ. ἔτισεν <span class="bibl">1.354</span>: of the voice, [[low]], [[softly]], [[gently]], τυτθὸν φθεγξαμένη <span class="bibl">24.170</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">by a little, scarcely, hardly</b>, ἀπὸ τ. ἅμαρτεν <span class="bibl">17.609</span>; ἠλεύατο ἔγχος τ. <span class="bibl">13.185</span>, <span class="bibl">17.306</span>; τ. ὑπὲκ θανάτοιο φέρονται <span class="bibl">15.628</span>: also pl., τυτθὰ ἐκφυγεῖν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>564</span> (lyr.); τ. οἷον καὶ ὁκόσον ἂν λάθοι <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Cord.</span> 2</span>; <b class="b3">παρὰ τ. ἰόν</b> ibid. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> pl. <b class="b3">τυτθά</b>, in Hom. only <b class="b3">τυτθὰ διατμήξας</b> cut [[small]], <span class="bibl">Od.12.174</span>; <b class="b3">κεάσαιμι</b> split [[small]], ib.<span class="bibl">388</span>. (Rare in Prose, Hp.l.c.: Thessalian word acc. to Sch.T <span class="bibl">Il.13.466</span>.)</span>