lytta

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

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.

• Talty

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

lytta f (genitive lyttae); first declension

1. A worm said to cause madness to dogs

First declension.

• 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

• lyttet

lytta

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