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τηθίς

tethis · ἡ

fatherʼs, motherʼs sister, aunt, nutricem

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Where it lives

Against Macartatus 7 · 11.3/10k
Against Aphobus 1 1 · 2.2/10k

What it meant

τηθίς · tēthis — LSJ

fatherʼs, motherʼs sister, aunt, nutricem, grandmothers, great-aunts

fatherʼs or motherʼs sister, aunt, Is. 9.19, D. 27.14, 43.29, Men. 923.5, J. AJ 3.12.1 (vv. ll. τιτθίσι, τιθίσι, τιτθαῖς), 16.10.5 (vv. ll. τιτθίδα, τητθίδα), 17.1.1 (v.l. τητθίδα, Lat. vers. nutricem), Plu. VOrat. 2.838b, Hierocl. p.61 A. (τιθιδες, τιθίδες codd.), Lib. Decl. 5.52 (one cod., vv. ll. τητθίδα, τιτθίδα), 26.21 (τιτθίδας codd., τιθίδας as cited by Thom.Mag. p.360R., who thinks it may mean grandmothers or great-aunts); ἡ πρὸς πατρὸς τη[θίς] POxy. 503.3 (ii A.D.); τῆς τηθίδος μου κύρι

In the wild

τηθίδα · tēthida Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 1 14 (DIORISIS sentence 41)
τηθίδος · tēthidos Demosthenes, Against Macartatus 29 (DIORISIS sentence 73)
τηθὶς · tēthis Demosthenes, Against Macartatus 35 (DIORISIS sentence 84)
τηθίδος · tēthidos Demosthenes, Against Macartatus 39 (DIORISIS sentence 94)
τηθίς · tēthis Demosthenes, Against Macartatus 40 (DIORISIS sentence 95)
τηθίδος · tēthidos Demosthenes, Against Macartatus 42 (DIORISIS sentence 99)

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Where it came from

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