tius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos).

Pronunciation

Noun

tīus m (genitive tīī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) alternative form of thīus (uncle)
    • 556-636 CE, Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, page VIII:
      Tius Graecum est. Patruus frater patris est, quasi pater alius.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative tīus tīī
genitive tīī tīōrum
dative tīō tīīs
accusative tīum tīōs
ablative tīō tīīs
vocative tīī

Descendants

  • Asturian: tíu
  • Catalan: tio
  • Corsican: ziu
  • Italian: zio
  • Portuguese: tio
  • Sardinian: tiu
  • Sicilian: ziu
  • Spanish: tío

See also

References

  • "tius", 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)
  • tius”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
  • tius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly