τυτθός

A. little, small, young, in Hom. mostly of persons, τυτθὸν ἐοῦσαν Il.l.c.; τόν γ’ ἔθρεψε δόμοις ἔνι τυτθὸν ἐόντα while yet a little one, 11.223, cf. Od. 1.435, al.; τυτθὸν ὄντ’ 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. ἀπ’ 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.)