titillo
See also: titillò
Italian
editVerb
edittitillo
Latin
editEtymology
editEither imitative of the sound of giggling or a reduplicated form derived from Ancient Greek τίλλω (tíllō, “pluck, annoy”).
Verb
edittītillō (present infinitive tītillāre, perfect active tītillāvī, supine tītillātum); first conjugation
- to tickle
- (The Motto of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.)
- Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus.
- A sleeping dragon is never to be tickled.
- (The Motto of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.)
- to titillate
Conjugation
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- → English: titillate
- → French: titiller
- → Italian: titillare
- → Portuguese: titilar
- → Spanish: titilar
Further reading
edit- “titillo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “titillo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- titillo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.