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

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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.

Case	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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• lyttet

Verb

lytta

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