τυτθός
tytthos
little, small, young
Appears 32 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
τυτθός, όν, Il. 22.480, also ή, όν Dian. 64, 3.93, 4.832 (cf. Hdn.Gr.1.145):—Ep. for (ς) μικρός, which is rarer in , A. little, small, young, in mostly of persons, τυτθὸν ἐοῦσαν Il. l.c.; τόν γʼ ἔθρεψε δόμοις ἔνι τυτθὸν ἐόντα while yet a little one, 11.223, cf. Od. 1.435, al.; τυτθὸν ὄντʼ ἐν σπαργάνοις Ag. 1606; αἱ μάλα τυτθαί l.c.: of animals, ἀπτῆνα, τυτθόν Fr. 337; τ. θηρίον ἐντὶ μέλισσα 19.5, etc.: of things, 4.832, 29, etc. II. τυτθόν as Adv., a little, a bit, esp. 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. ἀπʼ ἀκροτάτης κορυφῆς Th. 62: of measure or degree, κοτύλην τις τ. ἐπέσχεν, so as to give only a sip, Il. 22.494; τ. ἔτι ζώων 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. 2. 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 Pers. 564 (lyr.); τ. οἷον καὶ ὁκόσον ἂν λάθοι Cord. 2; παρὰ τ. ἰόν ibid. III. pl. τυτθά, in only τυτθὰ διατμήξας 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.)
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