τίτθη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (to suck). Compare τιτθός (titthós, breast), θῆλυς (thêlus, female), θηλή (thēlḗ, teat), θεῖος (theîos, uncle), τήθη (tḗthē, grandmother) and τιθήνη (tithḗnē, wet nurse).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τῐ́τθη • (títthē) f (genitive τῐ́τθης); first declension

  1. nurse, wet nurse
    Synonyms: τιθήνη (tithḗnē), τροφός (trophós)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • τιτθεία (tittheía)
  • τιτθεύω (tittheúō)
  • τιτθίζω (titthízō)

Further reading

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