Meaning of tettix | Babel Free

Definitions

A cicada, especially in Greece.

Examples

“[T]he Tettix or Cicada in the day time is extremely troubleſome. It is a brown inſect reſembling a chafer, with wings much longer than its body, and thin like⟳ thoſe of a fly⟳. […] Dionyſius of Syracuſe ſignified his reſolution to burn and lay⟳ waſte the territory of a people, with whom he had a quarrel, when he ſaid, that, if they refuſed to comply with his demands, their Tettixes ſhould ſing on the ground.”

“[T]hat Greek waste⟳ silent but for the risp of the tettix and the wash⟳ of listless wind through the spare⟳ grass.”

“The woman who had lived on no food at all, however, recalls once more the insect into which Tithonos was transformed: the tettix, which was believed to exist⟳ without food or drink⟳, or only on dew, or on dew and air.”

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