tius

Latin

Alternative forms

• thīus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tīus m (genitive tīī); second declension

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

     Tius Graecum est. Patruus frater patris est, quasi pater alius.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tīus	tīī
genitive	tīī	tīōrum
dative	tīō	tīīs
accusative	tīum	tīōs
ablative	tīō	tīīs
vocative	tī	tīī

Descendants

• Asturian: tíu
• Catalan: tio
• Corsican: ziu
• Italian: zio
• Portuguese: tio
• Sardinian: tiu
• Sicilian: ziu
• Spanish: tío

See also

• tīa

References

• "tius", 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)
• “tius”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “tius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly