Τέττα

tetta

Translated by David Whitehead22 Dec 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

7 words

A younger friend's greeting towards an elder.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τέττα· προσφώνημα νεωτέρου φίλου πρὸς πρεσβύτερον.

Betacode

*te/tta: prosfw/nhma newte/rou fi/lou pro\s presbu/teron.

Notes

See already under pi 255. Famously used by Diomedes [Author, Myth] when addressing Sthenelos in Homer, Iliad 4.412 (web address 1, quoted by Plato, Republic 389E), where the tone of voice actually needs to be brusque.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

π255Πάππαpappa[Note] that pappa and tetta and appa [are] not [names of] the parent, one-for-one, but a way of addressing the parent. And pappa and appa [are] not simply [terms for] the father, but a polite way of speaking to a…

Neighbouring entries

τ362ΤερψίωνοςTerpsion's, of Terpsion τ363Τέσσαρεςfour τ364Τέτταtetta τ365Τεταμένον φῶς εὐθὺς οἷον κίοναa light stretched straight like a pillar τ366Τέτανοςtetanus

Revision history3 revisions · last 9 Jan 2014

9 Jan 2014Revised — David Whitehead
24 Mar 2010another keyword — David Whitehead
23 Dec 2003added link — Catharine Roth
22 Dec 2003Translated — David Whitehead