Tius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Tium

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τίος (Tíos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈti.us/, [ˈt̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡si.us/, [ˈt̪͡s̪iːus]

Proper noun

Tius m sg (genitive Tiī or Tī); second declension

1. A town on the coast of Bithynia

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tius
Genitive	Tiī Tī1
Dative	Tiō
Accusative	Tium
Ablative	Tiō
Vocative	Tī
Locative	Tiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “TIUS or TIUM”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Further reading

• Tium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.