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τιτιγόνιον

titigonion

vagina

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What it meant

1. τιτιγόνιον · titigonion — Beekes

τιτιγόνιον [n.] name of an insect, like the τέττιξ (Epil. Com., Paus. Gr., EM, Eust.). «Ὁ *DER Backformation titic, -ἰδος [f.] name of a small bird, also ‘vagina’ (Phot.). Besides the birdnames τίτυρος, τιτύρας (H.). *ETYM Presupposes "τιτιγών (cf. τρυγών, χελιδών, ἀηδών, which all have by-forms in -éviov). Zenodotus read tetpiywtag (B 314) as tititovtac, assuming an onomatopoeic verb titi€w ‘chirp’, — [Beekes, s.v. τιτιγόνιον, p. 1539]

2. τιτιγόνιον · titigonion — Chantraine

τιτιγόνιον : π., nom d'un insecte qui ressemble à Ja cigale (Epilycos com., Paus. Gr. 213 Erbse, EM, Eust.), cf. Gil Fernandez, Insectos 131. El.: Le mot, qui repose sur une onomatopée, suppose l'existence d'un Ἐτιτιγών (cf. ἀηδών, τρυγών), issu d'un verbe τιτίζω. Noter que dans 1! 2, 314 Zénodote lit au lieu de τετριγῶτας un τιτίζοντας « gazouillant ». On admet un dérivé inverse dans τιτίς, -ἰδος f., nom d'un petit … — [Chantraine, s.v. τιτιγόνιον, p. 1141]

3. τιτιγόνιον · titigonion — LSJ

an insect like a τέττιξ, tetogonia, tetigometrae

an insect like a τέττιξ, Epil. 4 (where τιττιγόνιον cod. Phot., the alphabetical order requiring τιτιγόνιον; τρυγονίῳ codd. AC Ath., cf. ζῷον ὅμοιον τέττιγι καὶ τριγονίῳ Eust. 1282.40), prob. cj. in Arist. HA 556a20 (where τεττιγόνια, with v.l. τριγόνια, cf. τιγόνιον· εἶδός τι Ἀριστοτέλει, Hsch., τιγόνιον· ἐπὶ νηπίου τίθεται, Phot.); the word is correctly written in EM 760.47, Paus.Gr. Fr. 87 (ap. Eust. 396.2, where it is rightly connected with τιτίζω: it is prob. Dim. of Τιτιγών (τιτιγών: τιτίζ

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