Tritium

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Noun

Tritium n (strong, genitive Tritiums, no plural)

  1. tritium (hydrogen isotope, chemical symbol: T)

Declension

Declension of Tritium
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das Tritium
genitive eines des Tritiums
dative einem dem Tritium
accusative ein das Tritium

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Latin

Etymology

From a Hispano-Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *tritiyos (“third”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tritium n sg (genitive Tritiī or Tritī); second declension

  1. A town of the Autrigones in Hispania Tarraconensis

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Tritium
Genitive Tritiī
Tritī1
Dative Tritiō
Accusative Tritium
Ablative Tritiō
Vocative Tritium
Locative Tritiī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

  • Tritium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Tritium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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