thius

See also: þius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos).

Pronunciation

Noun

thīus m (genitive thīī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) uncle
    • 556-636 CE, Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, page VIII:
      Tius Graecum est. Patruus frater patris est, quasi pater alius.
      "[My paternal] uncle is Greek. [My] uncle is [my] father's brother, [he is] like [my] other father".

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case 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
  • Old Spanish: tio
  • Sardinian: tziu
  • Sicilian: ziu
  • Venetian: sio

See also

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
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