LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
determinerfirst/second-declension determiner, with locative

tuus

tuus (feminine tua, neuter tuum)
Classical[ˈtu.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtuː.us]
№ 44 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. determinerpossessivewith locativeyour (singular), thy

In the readers how our graded readers gloss it

your
tuus — in Seneca, ch. XII

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetuustuatuum
genitivetuītuaetuī
dativetuōtuaetuō
accusativetuumtuamtuum
ablativetuōtuātuō
vocativetuetuatuum
locativetuītuaetuī
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetuītuaetua
genitivetuōrumtuārumtuōrum
dativetuīstuīstuīs
accusativetuōstuāstua
ablativetuīstuīstuīs
vocativetuītuaetua
locativetuīstuīstuīs

tŭus, a, um,
I. pron. poss. [tu], thy, thine, your, yours.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: tuŏs est servus, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 63: ex tuā accepi manu, id. ib. 2, 2, 132: imperium tuom, id. ib. 2, 1, 84: Me. Quojus nunc es? So. Tuos, nam pugnis usu fecisti tuom, id. ib. 1, 1, 219: tuos sum, id. ib. 2, 1, 7 and 14: vigebat auditor Panaetii illius tui Mnesarchus, Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 45: de tuis unus est, id. Fam. 13, 16, 3: numquam tu ... tam longe a tot tuis et hominibus et rebus carissimis et suavissimis abesse voluisses, id. Att. 4, 15: tuā istuc refert, si curaveris, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 109 (v. refert): Ly. Bene ego volo illi facere, si tu non nevis. Ph. Nempe de tuo. Ly. De meo: nam quod tuomst. meumst: omne meum autem tuomst, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 47 sq.: tuae potestatis semper tu tuaque omnia sint, Liv. 22, 39, 21.—
2. Esp.: tuum est, it is thy part, duty, custom, etc.; with inf.: haud tuom istuc est vereri te, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 36: tuomst, si quid praeter spem evenit, mihi ignoscere, Ter. And. 4, 1, 53.—
3. Made emphatic by the suffix pte or met (ante-class. and late Lat.): tuopte ingenio, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 11: tuopte consilio, id. Mil. 3, 1, 11: scio te sponte non tuāpte errasse, id. Trin. 3, 2, 40: tuismet litteris, App. Mag. p. 337. —
B. Pregn.
1. Your, your own, i. e. favorable, auspicious, proper, suitable, or right for you: tempore non tuo, Mart. 10, 19, 12: haec hora est tua, id. 10, 19, 19: tempore tuo pugnasti, Liv. 38, 45, 10: neque occasioni tuae desis neque suam occasionem hosti des, id. 22, 39, 21 (v. suus).—
2. Your own, your own master, self-possessed: compositus semperque tuus, Stat. S. 2, 2, 72; cf. id. Th. 4, 836; Arn. 1, 12.—
II. Transf., for the obj. gen. tui: desiderio tuo, through desire for you, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 66: odio tuo, id. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 27: omnis gratas amicitias in tuā observantiā vincam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 1.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *towos.

Descendants
  • Catalanteufrom Old Catalan tou
  • Catalantevafrom Old Catalan tou
  • Catalanteusfrom Old Catalan tou
  • Catalantevesfrom Old Catalan tou
  • Catalantonfrom Old Catalan tou
  • Catalantafrom Old Catalan tou
  • Catalantosfrom Old Catalan tou
  • Catalantesfrom Old Catalan tou
  • Frenchton
  • Frenchta

Quick answers

What does tuus mean in Latin?
tuus, a determiner, means “your (singular), thy”.
How do you pronounce tuus?
In classical Latin, [ˈtu.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtuː.us].