τέττιξ τέττιξ, ῑγος, a kind of grasshopper, the cicala, Lat. cicada, an insect fond of basking on bushes, when the male makes a chirping noise by striking the wing against the breast, Il., etc. χρύσεος τ. a golden cicada, worn by the Athenians before Solon.ʼs time, as an emblem of their claim to being αὐτόχθονες (for such was the supposed origin of the insect), Ar., Thuc.