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thius

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See also: þius

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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thīus m (genitive thīī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) uncle
    • 556-636 CE, Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, page VIII:
      Tius Graecum est. Patruus frater patris est, quasi pater alius.
      "[My paternal] uncle is Greek. [My] uncle is [my] father's brother, [he is] like [my] other father".

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

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

Descendants

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

See also

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References

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  • 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

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Determiner

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thius

  1. nominative feminine singular of these