1. τήθη · tēthē — Chantraine
The corpus record
τήθη
tethe
influence du nom de la nourrice τίτθη, «grand-mère » (att., ete.) ; d
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Where it lives
- Against Eubulides 3 · 6.54/10k
- Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
- Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
What it meant
2. τήθη · tēthē — LSJ
grandmother, Ar. Ach. 49, Lys. 549, And. 1.128, Pl. R. 461d, Is. 3.23, IG 2(2).1534.229, D. 57.20 (v.l. τιτθῆς, -ῇ), Men. 532.4 (τιθή codd.), Hierocl. p.61 A. (τιτθαί, τίθαι, τίτθαι codd.), Lib. Or. 25.47 (vv. ll. τήτθη, τίθη), Thom.Mag. p.359R. (τίθη codd. and prob. Thom.); title of play by Diphilus, IG 2(2).2363.35: τίθη λέγεται ἡ μάμμη, τίτθη ἡ βυζάστρια, τιθήνη ἡ τροφός Ps.-Hdn.Gr. post Moer. p.479 P., cf. Ptol.Asc. p.394 H., etc.
nurse; τῆ, ὅθεν καὶ τήθη ἡ λέγουσα δέξαι, θήλασον" Sch. Il. 14.219, cf. Sch. Ar. Lys. 549; but this is an error, the word for nurse being τίτθη (q.v.).
In the wild
- τήθην · tēthēn Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 32)
- τηθῶν · tēthōn Aristophanes, Lysistrata 548 (DIORISIS sentence 438)
- τήθης · tēthēs Demosthenes, Against Eubulides 20 (DIORISIS sentence 56)
- τήθῃ · tēthēi Demosthenes, Against Eubulides 21 (DIORISIS sentence 60)
- τήθης · tēthēs Demosthenes, Against Eubulides 38 (DIORISIS sentence 131)
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.
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