typus

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See also: Typus

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Latin typus.

Pronunciation

Noun

typus m inan

  1. Archaic form of typ.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • “typus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “typus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek τῠ́πος (tŭ́pos, “mark”, “impression”, “type”), from τῠ́πτω (tŭ́ptō, “I strike, beat”).

Pronunciation

Noun

typus m (genitive typī); second declension

  1. figure, image
    1. bas-relief
    2. (surveying) ground-plan
    3. (Medieval Latin) a mystical figure or symbol, a prefiguration or portent
  2. type, form, sort, kind
  3. (New Latin, numismatics) a coin die
  4. (New Latin) a printing form or font die
    1. (singular only, collectively) literature, printed material, books
    2. (plural only, as typī, typōrum) a printing house, a printery
      Typis Archicœnobii Montis Casini 
      from the Printing House of the Archabbey of Monte Cassino
  5. (New Latin, taxonomy, zoology) When it is the specific epithet of a binomial name, indicates it is the type species.
    Synonym: typicus
Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative typus typī
genitive typī typōrum
dative typō typīs
accusative typum typōs
ablative typō typīs
vocative type typī
Descendants
  • → Catalan: tipus
  • → English: type
  • → French: type
  • → German: Typ
  • → Hungarian: típus
  • Italian: tipo
  • → Portuguese: tipo
  • Spanish: tipo

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “fever, stupor”).

Noun

typus m (genitive typī); second declension

  1. (medicine) Alternative spelling of typhus; a form, type, or character of a fever.
    1. (Medieval Latin) A periodic fever.
Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative typus typī
genitive typī typōrum
dative typō typīs
accusative typum typōs
ablative typō typīs
vocative type typī

References

  • “typus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “typus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • typus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • ty̆pus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,618/3.
  • typus in Ramminger, Johann (2025 January 21 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “type”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “typus (typos)” on page 1,998/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “1. typus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1,028/2
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