ου, ὁ, (< φέρω) wearing a τέττιξ, as the Athenians were called, because in early times they wore golden τέττιγες, as a token that they were αὐτόχθονες (cf. τέττιξ I. 2, τεττιγομήτρα), Ar. Eq. 1331 (anap.); also τεττιγοφόρος, ον, Eust. 395.34; hence τεττιγοφορία, ἡ, Tz. H. 1.233.