thius

See also: þius

Latin

Alternative forms

• tīus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰiː.us/, [ˈt̪ʰiːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.us/, [ˈt̪iːus]

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
  • Galician: tío
  • Portuguese: tio
• Old Spanish: tio
  • Spanish: tío
    • → Catalan: tio
  • Ladino: tio
• Sardinian: tziu
• Sicilian: ziu
• Venetian: sio

See also

• thīa

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^[1]
• “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