titillamentum

Latin

Etymology

From tītillō +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tiː.til.laːˈmen.tum/, [t̪iːt̪ɪlːʲäːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ti.til.laˈmen.tum/, [t̪it̪ilːäˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

tītillāmentum n (genitive tītillāmentī); second declension

1. a tickling

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	tītillāmentum	tītillāmenta
genitive	tītillāmentī	tītillāmentōrum
dative	tītillāmentō	tītillāmentīs
accusative	tītillāmentum	tītillāmenta
ablative	tītillāmentō	tītillāmentīs
vocative	tītillāmentum	tītillāmenta

References

• “titillamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• titillamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.