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[412] τέττα: a “ἅπ. λεγ.” which divided the opinions of the ancient critics, some taking it as a “προσφώνησις φιλεταιρική”, others as an “ἐπίρρημα σχετλιαστικόν”. It is probably like “ἄττα” (9.607, q.v.), a term of affection, perhaps borrowed from the language of infancy (for “τϝ᾽ ἄττα”, where “τϝ᾽” = “τεϝ᾽”, thine, as in French tante = tua amita?). ‘A friendly or respectful address of youths to their elders,’ L. and S.; but there is no ground for supposing Sthenelos to be older than Diomedes. ἧσο, simply continue, as often. The hiatus after σιωπῆι is unusual, but there is no obvious emendation (“τέτλαθι, σιγῆι θ᾽ ἧσο” Bentley).

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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