lytta

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύττα (lútta), variant of λύσσα (lússa, “lyssa, rabies”), then "sign of rabies under the tongue"; compare French lysses.

Noun

lytta (plural lyttae)

1. (anatomy, archaic) A fibrous muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, such as the dog.

Anagrams

• Talty

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύττα (lútta), variant of λύσσα (lússa, “lyssa, rabies”), then "sign of rabies under the tongue."

Noun

lytta f (genitive lyttae); first declension

1. A worm said to cause madness to dogs

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lytta	lyttae
genitive	lyttae	lyttārum
dative	lyttae	lyttīs
accusative	lyttam	lyttās
ablative	lyttā	lyttīs
vocative	lytta	lyttae

References

• “lytta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lytta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• lyttet

Verb

lytta

1. inflection of lytte:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Swedish

Adjective

lytta

1. inflection of lytt:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural