lytta

lytta

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύττα (lútta), variant of λύσσα (lússa, “lyssa, rabies”), then "sign of rabies under the tongue"; compare French lysses.

Noun

lytta (plural lyttae)

1. (anatomy, archaic) A fibrous muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, such as the dog.

Anagrams

• Talty

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύττα (lútta), variant of λύσσα (lússa, “lyssa, rabies”), then "sign of rabies under the tongue."

Noun

lytta f (genitive lyttae); first declension

1. A worm said to cause madness to dogs

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lytta	lyttae
Genitive	lyttae	lyttārum
Dative	lyttae	lyttīs
Accusative	lyttam	lyttās
Ablative	lyttā	lyttīs
Vocative	lytta	lyttae

References

• lytta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lytta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• lyttet

Verb

lytta

1. simple past of lytte
2. past participle of lytte