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Italian
Verb
titillo
- first-person singular present indicative of titillare
Latin
Etymology
Either imitative of the sound of giggling or a reduplicated form derived from Ancient Greek τίλλω (tíllō, “pluck, annoy”).
Verb
tītillō (present infinitive tītillāre, perfect active tītillāvī, supine tītillātum); first conjugation
- to tickle
- (The Motto of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.)
Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus.- A sleeping dragon is never to be tickled.
- to titillate
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Further reading
- “titillo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “titillo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- titillo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.