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Titus

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English

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Epistle to Titus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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 Titus (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Titus, a Roman and Sabine praenomen meaning either "honorable" or "strong; of the giants".

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Titus

  1. The seventeenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to Titus.
    Synonyms: (abbreviation) Tit., (abbreviation) Tts
  2. An early Christian, the addressee of the aforementioned epistle.
  3. Titus Caesar Vespasianus, a Roman Emperor who succeeded Vespasian and preceded Domitian.
  4. A male given name from Latin.
  5. A surname

Derived terms

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Translations

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Titus.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Titus m

  1. (biblical) Titus (book of the Bible)

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Titus m (genitive Titī); second declension

  1. A masculine praenomen.
    • c. 82 C.E., Arch of Titus:
      SENATVS
      POPVLVSQVE·ROMANVS
      DIVO·TITO·DIVI·VESPASIANI :
      The Senate and the Roman people (dedicate this)
      to the deified Titus Vespasian Augustus,
      son of the deified Vespasian.

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Titus Titī
genitive Titī Titōrum
dative Titō Titīs
accusative Titum Titōs
ablative Titō Titīs
vocative Tite Titī

Descendants

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  • Catalan: Titus
  • English: Titus
  • Italian: Tito
  • Sicilian: Titu
  • Spanish: Tito

References

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  • Titus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Titus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.