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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τίος (Tíos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tius m sg (genitive Tiī or Tī); second declension
- A town on the coast of Bithynia
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “TIUS or TIUM”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Further reading
- Tium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.