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titillo

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See also: titillò

Italian

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Verb

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titillo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of titillare

Latin

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Etymology

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Either imitative of the sound of giggling or a reduplicated form derived from Ancient Greek τίλλω (tíllō, pluck, annoy).

Verb

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tītillō (present infinitive tītillāre, perfect active tītillāvī, supine tītillātum); first conjugation

  1. to tickle
    (The Motto of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.)
    Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus.
    A sleeping dragon is never to be tickled.
  2. to titillate

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: titillate
  • French: titiller
  • Italian: titillare
  • Portuguese: titilar
  • Spanish: titilar

Further reading

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  • titillo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • titillo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • titillo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.