titio

See also: titi'o

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tī-ti (“heating”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *teih₁- (“to melt, become hot”). Also see taeda (“pine-wood, torch”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈti.ti.o/, [ˈtɪ.ti.ɔ]
  • Lewis & Short indicate the first vowel is short.

Noun

tītiō m (genitive tītiōnis); third declension

  1. firebrand

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative tītiō tītiōnēs
genitive tītiōnis tītiōnum
dative tītiōnī tītiōnibus
accusative tītiōnem tītiōnēs
ablative tītiōne tītiōnibus
vocative tītiō tītiōnēs

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • (Vulgar Latin): *attitiō, *intitiō

Descendants

  • Old Portuguese: tiçon
  • Portuguese: tição
  • Romanian: tăciune
  • Romansch: tizun
  • Sicilian: tizzuni
  • Spanish: tizón
  • Venetian: stisón

References

  • titio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • titio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

Portuguese

Noun

titio m (plural titios)

  1. (childish) Alternative form of tio
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