thius

See also: þius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos).

Pronunciation

Noun

thīus m (genitive thīī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. (Late Latin) uncle
    • 556-636 CE, Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, page VIII:
      Tius Graecum nomen est.
      Thius is a Greek word.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative thīus thīī
genitive thīī thīōrum
dative thīō thīīs
accusative thīum thīōs
ablative thīō thīīs
vocative thī thīī

Descendants

  • Asturian: tíu
  • Corsican: ziu
  • Italian: zio
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: tio
  • Old Spanish: tio
  • Sardinian: tziu
  • Sicilian: ziu
  • Venetan: sio

See also

References

  • "thius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • thius”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
  • thius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Old Saxon

Determiner

thius

  1. nominative feminine singular of these