τιτιγόνιον,τό,
A. an insect like a τέττιξ, Epil. 4 (whereτιττιγόνιονcod. Phot. , the alphabetical order requiringτιτιγόνιον; τρυγονίῳcodd.AC Ath. , cf. ζῷον ὅμοιον τέττιγι καὶ τριγονίῳ
Eust. 1282.40
), prob. cj. in Arist. HA 556a20 (whereτεττιγόνια, with v.l. τριγόνια , cf.τιγόνιον: εἶδός τι Ἀριστοτέλει, Hsch. ,τιγόνιον: ἐπὶ νηπίου τίθεται, Phot. ); the word is correctly written in EM 760.47 , Paus.Gr. Fr. 87 (ap. Eust. 396.2 , where it is rightly connected withτιτίζω: it is prob. Dim. of
Τιτιγών(τιτιγών:τιτίζω,
= ὀλολυγών :ὀλολύζω,
= τρυγών :τρύζω)). (Perh. to be restored fortetogonia,v.l. tetigometrae, in Plin. HN 11.92 .)