τυτθός: Difference between revisions

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