titillus

Latin

Etymology

From tītillō (“I tickle”) +‎ -us (adjectival suffix); nominalised.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tiːˈtil.lus/, [t̪iːˈt̪ɪlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tiˈtil.lus/, [t̪iˈt̪ilːus]

Noun

tītillus m (genitive tītillī); second declension

1. Synonym of tītillātiō (“a tickling”)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	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.