titillus
Latin
Etymology
From tītillō (“I tickle”) + -us (adjectival suffix); nominalised.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tiːˈtɪl.lʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪iˈt̪il.lus]
Noun
tītillus m (genitive tītillī); second declension
- synonym of tītillātiō (“a tickling”)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tītillus | tītillī |
| genitive | tītillī | tītillōrum |
| dative | tītillō | tītillīs |
| accusative | tītillum | tītillōs |
| ablative | tītillō | tītillīs |
| vocative | tītille | tītillī |
References
- “titillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- titillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.