Titus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Titus, a Roman and Sabine praenomen meaning 'strong; of the giants'.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪtəs/

Proper noun

Titus

Epistle to Titus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Titus on Wikisource.Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

1. The seventeenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to Titus.

   Synonyms: (abbreviation) Tit., (abbreviation) Tts

2. An early Christian, the addressee of the aforementioned epistle.
   • Template:RQ:Authorized Version:

     I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?

3. A male given name from Latin.

Derived terms

• Titus County
• Titusville

Translations

book of the Bible

• Afrikaans: Titus (af)
• Armenian: Թուղթ առ Տիտոս (Tʻuġtʻ aṙ Titos)
• Basque: Tito (eu)
• Breton: Titoz (br) m
• Burmese: တိတု​ဩဝါဒစာ (ti.tu.​au:wada.ca)
• Catalan: Titus
• Cebuano: Tito
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 提多書／提多书 (tai⁴ do¹ syu¹)

  Mandarin: 提多書／提多书 (zh) (Tíduōshū), 提多书 (zh) (Tíduōshū)

  Min Dong: 提多書／提多书 (Tì-*dŏ̤ Cṳ̆), 提多书 (Tì-dŏ̤ Cṳ̆)

• Corsican: Tito (co)
• Czech: Titus
• Danish: Titusbrevet n (definite form)
• Dutch: Titus (nl) m
• Estonian: Titusele
• Finnish: Kirje Titukselle
• French: Tite (fr) m
• German: Titus (de)
• Greek: Τίτος (el) m (Títos)
• Hawaiian: Tito
• Hungarian: Titusz (hu)
• Icelandic: Títus (is) m
• Ido: Titus (io) m
• Irish: Litir Naomh Pól chuig Títeas f, Títeas (ga) m
• Italian: Tito (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: テトスへの手紙 (Tetosu e no Tegami)
• Konkani: तिताक पावलुचें पत्र (Titak Pauluchem Potr)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: تیتۆس (tîtos)

• Latin: Titus (la) m
• Latvian: Titam m
• Limburgish: Titus (li)
• Lithuanian: Laiškas Titui (lt) m
• Maori: Taituha
• Marathi: तीताला (tītālā)
• Nepali: तीतस (tītas)
• Ngazidja Comorian: Tito
• Norwegian: Titus (no) m
• Oriya: ତୀତସଙ୍କ ପ୍ରତି ପତ୍ର (titasaṅka prati patra)
• Persian: تايتوس
• Polish: List do Tytusa
• Portuguese: Tito (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਤੀਤੁਸ ਨੂੰ (tītus nū̃)
• Romanian: Tit m
• Scots: Titus
• Scottish Gaelic: Titius (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: Титу
• Slovak: Títovi m
• Slovene: Tit (sl) m
• Spanish: Tito (es) m
• Swahili: Tito (sw)
• Swedish: Titus m
• Tagalog: Tito (tl) m
• Thai: ทิตัส
• Waray-Waray: Tito
• Welsh: Titus (cy) m
• West Frisian: Titus
• Zealandic: Titus

biblical character

• Afrikaans: Titus (af)
• Basque: Tito (eu)
• Breton: Titoz (br) m
• Cebuano: Tito
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 提多 (tai⁴ do¹)

  Mandarin: 提多 (zh) (Tíduō)

  Min Dong: 提多 (Tì-dŏ̤)

• Corsican: Tito (co)
• Czech: Titus
• Danish: Titus
• Dutch: Titus (nl) m
• Estonian: Tiitus
• Finnish: Titus (fi)
• French: Tite (fr)
• German: Titus (de)
• Greek: Τίτος (el) m (Títos)
• Hawaiian: Tito
• Hungarian: Titusz (hu)
• Icelandic: Títus (is) m
• Ido: Titus (io) m
• Irish: Títeas (ga) m
• Italian: Tito (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: テトス (Tetosu)
• Latin: Titus (la) m
• Latvian: Titam m
• Limburgish: Titus (li)
• Lithuanian: Titus m
• Norwegian: Titus (no)
• Polish: Tytus (pl)
• Portuguese: Tito (pt) m
• Romanian: Tit m
• Russian: Тит (ru) m (Tit)
• Scots: Titus
• Scottish Gaelic: Titius (gd) m
• Slovak: Títovi m
• Slovene: Tit (sl) m
• Spanish: Tito (es)
• Swahili: Tito (sw)
• Swedish: Titus
• Tagalog: Tito (tl) m
• Waray-Waray: Tito
• Welsh: Titus (cy) m
• West Frisian: Titus
• Zealandic: Titus

male given name

• Afrikaans: Titus (af)
• Basque: Tito (eu)
• Breton: Titoz (br) m
• Cebuano: Tito
• Chinese:

  Min Dong: 提多 (Tì-dŏ̤)

• Corsican: Tito (co)
• Czech: Titus
• Danish: Titus
• Dutch: Titus (nl) m
• Estonian: Tiit
• Finnish: Tiitus (fi)
• French: Tite (fr) m
• German: Titus (de)
• Greek: Τίτος (el) (Títos)
• Hawaiian: Tito
• Hungarian: Titusz (hu)
• Icelandic: Títus (is) m
• Ido: Titus (io) m
• Italian: Tito (it)
• Japanese: テトス (Tetosu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: Titus (la) m
• Latvian: Titam m
• Limburgish: Titus (li)
• Lithuanian: Titus m
• Norwegian: Titus (no) m
• Polish: Tytus (pl) m
• Portuguese: Tito (pt) m
• Romanian: Tit m
• Russian: Тит (ru) m (Tit)
• Scots: Titus
• Scottish Gaelic: Titius (gd) m
• Slovak: Títovi m
• Slovene: Tit (sl) m
• Spanish: Tito (es)
• Swahili: Tito (sw)
• Swedish: Titus m
• Tagalog: Tito (tl) m
• Waray-Waray: Tito
• Welsh: Titus (cy) m
• West Frisian: Titus
• Zealandic: Titus

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} Titu
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• Suitt, Tutsi, tuits

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin Titus.

Proper noun

1. (biblical) Titus (book of the Bible)

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈti.tus/, [ˈt̪ɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.tus/, [ˈt̪iːt̪us]

Proper noun

Titus m (genitive Titī); second declension

1. A masculine praenomen.
   • c. 82 C.E. Arch of Titus:

     SENATVS

     POPVLVSQVE·ROMANVS

     DIVO·TITO·DIVI·VESPASIANI

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Titus	Titī
Genitive	Titī	Titōrum
Dative	Titō	Titīs
Accusative	Titum	Titōs
Ablative	Titō	Titīs
Vocative	Tite	Titī

Descendants

• Catalan: Titus
• English: Titus
• Italian: Tito
• Spanish: Tito

References

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