Tityus
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Tityus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Buthidae – certain scorpions, found from Costa Rica to Argentina.
References
- Tityus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tityus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Tityus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɪ.ty.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtiː.t͡si.us]
Proper noun
Tityus m sg (genitive Tityī); second declension
- a river in Dalmatia that flows into the Adriatic Sea, now the Krka
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Tityus |
| genitive | Tityī |
| dative | Tityō |
| accusative | Tityum |
| ablative | Tityō |
| vocative | Titye |
References
- “Tityus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Tityus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.