τυτθός

τυτθός, όν, Il. 22.480, also ή, όν Call. Dian. 64, A.R. 3.93, 4.832 (cf. Hdn.Gr. 1.145):—Ep. for (ς) μικρός, which is rarer in Hom.,

• little, small, young, in Hom. mostly of persons, τυτθὸν ἐοῦσαν Il. l.c.; τόν γʼ ἔθρεψε δόμοις ἔνι τυτθὸν ἐόντα while yet a little one, 11.223, cf. Od. 1.435, al.; τυτθὸν ὄντʼ ἐν σπαργάνοις A. Ag. 1606; αἱ μάλα τυτθαί Call. l.c.: of animals, ἀπτῆνα, τυτθόν A. Fr. 337; τ. θηρίον ἐντὶ μέλισσα Theoc. 19.5, etc.: of things, A.R. 4.832, Maiist. 29, etc.
• • II τυτθόν as Adv., a little, a bit, esp. of Space, ἀνεχάζετο τυτθὸν ὀπίσσω Il. 5.443; τ. ἀποπρὸ νεῶν 7.334, cf. Od. 9.540; τ. ὑπεκπροθέων Il. 21.604, cf. 10.345; τ. ἀπʼ ἀκροτάτης κορυφῆς Hes. Th. 62: of measure or degree, κοτύλην τις τ. ἐπέσχεν, so as to give only a sip, Il. 22.494; τ. ἔτι ζώων with but little life yet in him, 19.335, cf. 16.302; οὐδέ με τ. ἔτισεν 1.354: of the voice, low, softly, gently, τυτθὸν φθεγξαμένη 24.170.
  • • 2 by a little, scarcely, hardly, ἀπὸ τ. ἅμαρτεν 17.609; ἠλεύατο ἔγχος τ. 13.185, 17.306; τ. ὑπὲκ θανάτοιο φέρονται 15.628: also pl., τυτθὰ ἐκφυγεῖν A. Pers. 564 (lyr.); τ. οἷον καὶ ὁκόσον ἂν λάθοι Hp. Cord. 2; παρὰ τ. ἰόν ibid.
  • III pl. τυτθά, in Hom. only τυτθὰ διατμήξας cut small, Od. 12.174; κεάσαιμι split small, ib. 388. (Rare in Prose, Hp. l.c.: Thessalian word acc. to Sch.T Il. 13.466.)

τυτθός, όν, bei Sp. auch 3 Endgn., klein, jung ; bei Hom. als adj. stets von Menschen, τόν γʼ ἔθρεψε δόμοις ἔνι τυτθὸν ἐόντα, Il. 11.223, oft ; auch τυτθὸς ἐοῦσα, 22.480 ; συνεξελαύνει τυτθὸν ὄντʼ ἐν σπαργάνοις, Aesch. Ag. 1588;
• τυτθόν, adv ., einwenig ; vom Raume, ἀνεχάζετο τυτθὸν ὀπίσσω Il. 5.443, τυτθὸν ἀποπρὸ νεῶν 7.334, ἠλεύατο τυτθὸν ἔγχος 13.185, u. öfter ; – kaum, mit Mühe, τυτθὸν γὰρ ὑπὲκ θανάτοιο φέρονται, 15.628, 19.335 ; τυτθὰ δʼ ἐκφυγεῖν ἄνακτα, Aesch. Pers. 556 ; – von der Stimme, leise, unmerklich, τυτθὸν φθεγξαμένη Il. 24.170 ; – auch τυτθὰ διατμῆξαι, κεάσσαι, in kleine Stücke schneiden, spalten, Od. 12.174, 388.
(Wahrscheinlich verwandt mit τιτθός, τίτθη.)

τυτθός

-όν. Little.

• • 1

    In reference to a person in childhood or boyhood, little, of tender years, a child : ὅ σʼ ἔτρεφε τυτθὸν ἐόντα Il. 8.283. Cf. Il. 6.222, Il. 11.223, Il. 13.466, Il. 22.480, Il. 23.85 (a mere boy) : Od. 1.435, Od. 11.67, Od. 15.381, Od. 20.210 (while yet a boy), Od. 23.325.

  • 2

    In neut. sing. τυτθόν as adv.

  • • a

      Little : τ. ἔτι ζώοντα (his thread of life worn thin) Il. 19.335.

    • b

      A little : οὐδέ με τ. ἔτεισεν Il. 1.354 : τό σʼ ἔτι τ. εἰρήσομαι (I have one more thing to ask you about) Od. 19.509.

    • c

      For a little, for an instant : τυτθὸν ἀνέπνευσαν (found a short respite) Il. 16.302. Cf. Il. 22.494.

    • d

      To a short distance, a little : ἀνεχάζετο τ. ὀπίσσω Il. 5.443. Cf. Il. 10.345, Il. 12.406, Il. 15.728, Il. 23.730.

    • e

      At a short distance, a little : τ. ἀποπρὸ νεῶν Il. 7.334, τ. ὑπεκπροθέοντα (keeping always a little ahead) Il. 21.604. Cf. Od. 9.483 = 540.

    • f

      By a little, only just: ἠλεύατʼ ἔγχος τ. Il. 13.185, Il. 17.306. Cf. Il. 15.628, Il. 17.609.

    • g

      In reference to the voice, in a low soft tone : τ. φθεγξαμένη (in still small accents) Il. 24.170.

  • 3

    In acc. pl. neut. in quasi-advbl. sense : κηροῖο τροχὸν τυτθὰ διατμήξας (into small pieces) Od. 12.174, νῆά κε τυτθὰ κεάσαιμι (into fragments) 388.

τυτθός : little, small, of persons with reference to age, Il. 6.222, Il. 22.480, Od. 1.435; of things, τυτθὰ διατμῆξαι, κεάσσαι, into small pieces, ‘small,’ Od. 12.174, 388. —Adv., τυτθόν, little, a little; φθέγγεσθαι, ‘low,’ Il. 24.170; temporal, Il. 19.335.

τυτθός, όν

• • Ilittle, small, of children, Hom., Aesch.; τ. θηρίον of a bee, Theocr., etc.
  • IIτυτθόν, as adv. a little, a bit, Hom.; τ. ἔτι ζώων breathing yet a little, Il.; τ. ἐδεύησεν it wanted a little, Od.:—of the voice, softly, gently, Il.
  • • 2by a little, scarcely, hardly, Lat. vix; Il.; so neut. pl., Aesch.
  • IIIτυτθὰ διατμῆξαι, κεάσσαι to cut small, Od.