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τιτθός

titthos · ὁ

breast, teats, nurser, rearer

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τιτθός · titthos — LSJ

breast, breast, teats

a womanʼs breast, Hp. Aph. 5.40, Ar. Th. 640, Lys. 1.10, IG 2(2).1534.223,281; ἡ θηλὴ τοῦ τ. Gal. UP 15.7: rarely the male breast, Id. 4.600, AP 12.95 (Mel.): pl., of an animalʼs teats, Gal. 6.673, 684; οἱ ἐν τοῖς τ. ἀδένες καλοῦνται οὔθατα ib. 774.

II nurser, rearer

nurser, rearer, = τροφός, Ph. 1.166 (v.l. for τιτθαί); cf. τίτθη.

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