tithymalus

Latin

Alternative forms

tithymallus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τῐθῠ́μαλλος (tithúmallos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /tiˈtʰy.ma.lus/, [t̪ɪˈt̪ʰʏmäɫ̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tiˈti.ma.lus/, [t̪iˈt̪iːmälus]

Noun

tithymalus m (genitive tithymalī); second declension

A kind of spurge

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tithymalus	tithymalī
Genitive	tithymalī	tithymalōrum
Dative	tithymalō	tithymalīs
Accusative	tithymalum	tithymalōs
Ablative	tithymalō	tithymalīs
Vocative	tithymale	tithymalī

Descendants

→ English: tithymal
→ French: tithymale
→ Italian: titimalo

References

“tithymalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
tithymalus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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