τέττιξ
See also: Τέττιξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin, like τιτίζω (titízō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tét.tiːks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtet.tiks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtet.tiks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtet.tiks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈte.tiks/
Noun
τέττῑξ • (téttīx) m (genitive τέττῑγος or τέττῑκος); third declension
- cicada (Cicada plebeia or allied species; a winged insect fond of basking on trees, when the male makes a chirping or clicking noise by means of certain drums or “tymbals” underneath its wings)
- Synonym: λᾱκέτᾱς (lākétās)
- Choerob., in Theod. 1.292.H.
- Xenarch. 14
- 680 BCE – 645 BCE, Archilochus, Collected Works 143
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.151
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 582
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, The Shield of Heracles 393
- 556 BCE – 468 BCE, Simonides, Collected Works 173–174
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 262d
- Aristopho 10.7
- 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, On Weather Signs 54
- 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 1360
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 259c
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 532b.13
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 4.16
- Palatine Anthology 6.120.Leon.
- Anacreont. 32
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.660f
- 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 4.133b
- 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, Frr. 51
- 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, Frr. 569.4
- 375 BCE – 275 BCE, Alexis 162.13
- Anaxandr. 41.59
- 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 2.51
- 320 CE – 400 CE, Oribasius, Fr. 64
- a gold ornament worn in the hair, especially in early Attica
- Asius, Fr.Ep. 13.5
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.6
- 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 12.512c
- 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 984
- 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 980
- Michel 832.51
- a part of the ear
- 100 CE – 200 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 2.86
Declension
Third declension of ὁ τέττῑξ; τοῦ τέττῑγος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ τέττῑξ ho téttīx | τὼ τέττῑγε tṑ téttīge | οἱ τέττῑγες hoi téttīges | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ τέττῑγος toû téttīgos | τοῖν τεττῑ́γοιν toîn tettī́goin | τῶν τεττῑ́γων tôn tettī́gōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ τέττῑγῐ tôi téttīgi | τοῖν τεττῑ́γοιν toîn tettī́goin | τοῖς τέττῑξῐ / τέττῑξῐν toîs téttīxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν τέττῑγᾰ tòn téttīga | τὼ τέττῑγε tṑ téttīge | τοὺς τέττῑγᾰς toùs téttīgas | ||||||||||
Vocative | τέττῑξ téttīx | τέττῑγε téttīge | τέττῑγες téttīges | ||||||||||
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Third declension of ὁ τέττῑξ; τοῦ τέττῑκος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ τέττῑξ ho téttīx | τὼ τέττῑκε tṑ téttīke | οἱ τέττῑκες hoi téttīkes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ τέττῑκος toû téttīkos | τοῖν τεττῑ́κοιν toîn tettī́koin | τῶν τεττῑ́κων tôn tettī́kōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ τέττῑκῐ tôi téttīki | τοῖν τεττῑ́κοιν toîn tettī́koin | τοῖς τέττῑξῐ / τέττῑξῐν toîs téttīxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν τέττῑκᾰ tòn téttīka | τὼ τέττῑκε tṑ téttīke | τοὺς τέττῑκᾰς toùs téttīkas | ||||||||||
Vocative | τέττῑξ téttīx | τέττῑκε téttīke | τέττῑκες téttīkes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἀκάνθιος τέττῑξ (Akánthios téttīx)
- τέττῑξ ἐνάλιος (téttīx enálios)
- Τέττῑξ (Téttīx)
Descendants
- English: tettix
- Greek: τζίτζικας (tzítzikas)
References
- “τέττιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN