titillus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /tiːˈtil.lus/, [t̪iːˈt̪ɪlːʲʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tiˈtil.lus/, [t̪iˈt̪ilːus]

Noun

tītillus m (genitive tītillī); second declension

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.

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