titillus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tītillō (“I tickle”) + -us (adjectival suffix); nominalised.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /tiːˈtil.lus/, [t̪iːˈt̪ɪlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tiˈtil.lus/, [t̪iˈt̪ilːus]
Noun
[edit]tītillus m (genitive tītillī); second declension
- Synonym of tītillātiō (“a tickling”)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tītillus | tītillī |
| genitive | tītillī | tītillōrum |
| dative | tītillō | tītillīs |
| accusative | tītillum | tītillōs |
| ablative | tītillō | tītillīs |
| vocative | tītille | tītillī |
References
[edit]- “titillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- titillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.