thius

See also: þius

Latin

Alternative forms

• tīus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtʰiː.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtiː.us]

Noun

thīus m (genitive thīī); second declension (Late Latin)

1. (Late Latin) uncle
   • 556-636 CE, Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, page VIII:

     Tius Graecum nomen est.

     Thius is a Greek word.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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

Descendants

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

See also

• thīa

References

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

Old Saxon

Determiner

thius

1. nominative feminine singular of these