titio

See also: titi'o

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tītjō (heating), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *teyh₁- (to become hot, melt or to end).

Cognate to Old Irish tinaid (to melt, disappear), Middle Welsh odit (rarity), Icelandic þíður (melted, thawed), Hittite zanuzi (to cook (trans.)), zinnizi (to end, finish). Also see taeda (pine-wood, torch).

Pronunciation

Noun

tītiō m (genitive tītiōnis); third declension

  1. firebrand (tool)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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): *attītiō, *intītiō
  • tītiōnor
  • tītiōnārium

Descendants

  • Balkano-Romance:
    • Aromanian: tãciuni
    • Megleno-Romanian: tăciuni
    • Romanian: tăciune
  • Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Friulian: stiç
    • Romansch: tizun
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

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, →ISBN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃi.u/, /t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃiw/ [t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]

  • Hyphenation: ti‧ti‧o

Noun

titio m (plural titios)

  1. (childish) alternative form of tio