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τέττιξ

tettix

tree-cricket, cicada

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. τέττιξ · tettix — Beekes

τέττιξ, -ῖγος [π|.] ‘tree-cricket, cicada’ (Il); metaph. a hair-pin with the shape of a cicada (Att.). 4 ONOM> *VAR Gen. also -ἶκος (Hdn. Gr.). eCOMP As a first member in tettiyo-ujtpa [{] ‘subterranean larva of the cicada’ (Arist.). eDER τεττίγιον (H. s.v. kepxwmiy), also name of a coin (Delos III*); τεττιγ-όνιον [n.] designation of a small mute cicala (Arist. Plin.), with suffix after an6-, χελιδ-όνιον; -ότης [f.] … — [Beekes, s.v. τέττιξ, p. 1525]

2. τέττιξ · tettix — Chantraine

τέττιξ, -Tyoc : mais aussi gén. -Txoc selon Hdn., « cigale, cicada plebeia»s (Hom., ion.-att., etlc.); τέττιξ ἐνάλιος est le nom d’un petit homard, cf. Thompson, Fishes s.u. ; τέττιξ désigne aussi une fibule en forme de cigale portée par les Athéniens {att.) avec en ce sens le composé τεττιγοφόρᾶς m. (Ar. ete.) Autre composé : τεττιγο-μήτρα ἢ. larve de la cigale qui se trouve sous terre (Arist.), cf. Strômberg, … — [Chantraine, s.v. τέττιξ, p. 1129]

3. τέττιξ · tettix — Frisk

τέττιξ, -ἴγος (-ixos Hdn. Gr.) m. "Baumgrille, Zikade’ (seit 1].); übertragen von einer Haarnadel in Gestalt einer Zikade (att.). Als Vorderglied u.a. in rerriyo-untga f. ‘die unterirdi:che Larve der Zikade’ (Arist.; Strömberg Wortstud. 23). — Davon tertiy-ıov H. 5. κερκώπη, auch als N. einer Münze (Delos III®); -όνιον n. Bez. einer kleinen stummen Zikade (Arist., Plin., vgl. τιτιγόνιον und zu τρίζω; Suffix nach … — [Frisk, s.v. τέττιξ, p. 1858]

4. τέττιξ · tettix — LSJ

cicala, Cicada plebeia

cicala, 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 the wings, whence the joke in Xenarch. 14, εἶτʼ . . οἱ τέττιγες οὐκ εὐδαίμονες, ὧν ταῖς γυναιξὶν οὐδʼ ὁτιοῦν φωνῆς ἔνι; prov., τέττιγος ἐδράξω πτεροῦ Archil. 143 (v. συλλαμβάνω II.1). This noise is freq. used as a simile for sweet sounds, Il. 3.151, Hes. Op. 582, Sc. 393, Simon. 173, 174, etc.; and Plato calls them

2 old-fashioned notions

gold ornament worn in the hair (cf. χρύσειαι δὲ κόρυμβαι ἐπʼ αὐτῶν τέττιγες ὥς Asius Fr.Ep. 13.5), esp. in early Attica, Th. 1.6, Heraclid.Pont. ap. Ath. 12.512c; ἀρχαῖα . . καὶ τεττίγων ἀνάμεστα, i.e. full of old-fashioned notions, Ar. Nu. 984 (anap.), v. Sch.(980) and cf. τεττιγοφόρας; γυνὴ . . ἔχει τ. ἐπιχρύσους, in a list of votive offerings at Samos, Michel 832.51 (iv B.C.).

3 a foreign cook

Com. name for a foreign cook, Ath. 14.659a, Hsch., cf. Poll. 4.148, 150.

4

Ἀκάνθιος τ., prov. of a silent person, Zen. 1.51, St.Byz. s.v. Ἄκανθος.

II lobster, Arctos ursus

τ. ἐνάλιος a kind of lobster, Arctos ursus, Ael. NA 13.26.

III

part of the ear, τοῦ λοβοῦ τὸ περὶ τῇ κυψέλῃ Poll. 2.86.

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. τέττιξ (scan p. 1525; entry #6033).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. τέττιξ (scan p. 1129; entry #7959).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. τέττιξ (scan p. 1858; entry #5627).

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