LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

tītiō

tītiō m (genitive tītiōnis)
Classical[ˈtiː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈtit.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. firebrand (tool)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetītiōtītiōnēs
genitivetītiōnistītiōnum
dativetītiōnītītiōnibus
accusativetītiōnemtītiōnēs
ablativetītiōnetītiōnibus
vocativetītiōtītiōnēs

tĭtĭo, ōnis, m.,
I. a burning brand, firebrand (syn.: taeda, fax), Varr. ap. Non. 182, 21; 302, 7; Cels. 2, 17; Hyg. Fab. 171 al.; cf.: titionem vulgus appellat extractum foco torrem semiustum et exstinctum, Lact. 4, 14 med.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *tītjō (“heating”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *teyh₁- (“to become hot, melt or to end”). Cognate to Old Irish tinaid (“to melt, disappear”), Middle Welsh odit (“rarity”), Icelandic þíður (“melted, thawed”), Hittite zanuzi (“to cook (trans.)”), zinnizi (“to end, finish”). Also see taeda (“pine-wood, torch”).

Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiantizzone
  • Italiantizzo
  • Italianstizzo
  • Italianstizza
  • Corsicantizzonu
  • Siciliantizzuni
  • Venetanstisón
  • Venetanstizh
Gallo-Romance
  • Occitantison
  • Catalantiófrom Old Catalan tihó
  • Frenchtisonfrom Old French tisun
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesetiçãofrom Old Galician-Portuguese tiçon
  • Spanishtizón
  • Spanishtizo
  • Asturiantizón
  • Galiciantizónfrom Old Galician-Portuguese tiçon
Balkano-Romance
  • Romaniantăciune
  • Aromaniantãciuni
  • Megleno-Romaniantăciuni
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianstiç
  • Romanshtizun

Quick answers

What does tītiō mean in Latin?
tītiō, a noun, means “firebrand (tool)”.
What is the genitive of tītiō?
The genitive singular is tītiōnis. tītiō is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce tītiō?
In classical Latin, [ˈtiː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtit.t͡si.o].