τήθη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(sts. written [[τηθή]]; the Ion. voc. [[τῆθα]], Sch.Il.3.130, prob. belongs to this word), ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[grandmother]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''49, ''Lys.''549, And.1.128, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 461d, Is.3.23, ''IG''22.1534.229, D.57.20 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] τιτθῆς, τιτθῇ), Men.532.4 ([[τιθή]] codd.), Hierocl.p.61 A. (τιτθαί, τίθαι, τίτθαι codd.), Lib.''Or.''25.47 ([[variae lectiones|vv.ll.]] [[τήτθη]], [[τίθη]]), Thom.Mag.p.359 R. ([[τίθη]] codd. and prob. Thom.); title of play by Diphilus, ''IG''22.2363.35: <b class="b3">τίθη λέγεται ἡ μάμμη, τίτθη ἡ βυζάστρια, τιθήνη ἡ τροφός</b> Ps.-Hdn.Gr. post Moer.p.479 P., cf. Ptol.Asc.p.394 H., etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[nurse]]; <b class="b3">τῆ, ὅθεν καὶ τήθη ἡ λέγουσα δέξαι, θήλασον</b>" Sch.Il.14.219, cf. Sch.Ar. ''Lys.''549; but this is an error, the word for [[nurse]] being [[τίτθη]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]).