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Pronunciation
Noun
Tritium n (strong, genitive Tritiums, no plural)
- tritium (hydrogen isotope, chemical symbol: T)
Declension
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
From a Hispano-Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *tritiyos (“third”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tritium n sg (genitive Tritiī or Tritī); second declension
- A town of the Autrigones in Hispania Tarraconensis
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
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