Τιτθοί
nipples, teats, tits
Translated by Jennifer Benedict25 Sep 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] breasts, or else the tips of the breasts.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τιτθοί· μαστοί, ἤτοι τῶν μαζῶν τὰ ἄκρα.
Betacode
*titqoi/: mastoi/, h)/toi tw=n mazw=n ta\ a)/kra.
Notes
- Likewise or similarly in other lexica (references at Photius tau332 Theodoridis); and see already tau 581.
This is a standard proper term for female breasts, either animal or human. See Jeffrey Henderson, The Maculate Muse: Obscene Language in Attic Comedy (New Haven 1975) 148-9 for a discussion of various words (found in comedy) for female breasts and their implications.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 29 May 2016
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-ref; keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict