Titus

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Titus, a Roman and Sabine praenomen meaning either "honorable" or "strong; of the giants".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪtəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪtəs

Proper noun

Titus

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.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 12:18:

     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. Titus Caesar Vespasianus, a Roman Emperor who succeeded Vespasian and preceded Domitian.
4. A male given name from Latin.
5. A surname

Derived terms

• Titus County
• Titusville

Translations

book of the Bible

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

  Cantonese: 提多書 / 提多书 (tai⁴ do¹ syu¹)

  Eastern Min: 提多書 / 提多书 (Tì-dŏ̤ Cṳ̆)

  Mandarin: 提多書 / 提多书 (zh) (Tíduōshū)

• Corsican: Tito (co)
• Czech: Titus
• Danish: Titusbrevet n (definite form)
• Dutch: Titus (nl) m
• Estonian: Titusele
• Faroese: Titus (fo) m
• Finnish: Kirje Titukselle
• French: Tite (fr) m
• Georgian: ტიტუსი (ṭiṭusi)
• German: Titus (de)
• Greek: Τίτος (el) m (Títos)

  Ancient: Τίτος m (Títos)

• Greenlandic: Titusi (kl)
• Hawaiian: Tito
• Hindi: तीतॉस (tītŏs)
• Hungarian: Titusz (hu)
• Icelandic: Títus m
• Ido: Titus m
• Irish: Litir Naomh Pól chuig Títeas f, Títeas (ga) m
• Italian: Tito (it)
• Japanese: テトスへの手紙 (Tetosu e no Tegami)
• Khmer: ទីតុស (tiitoh)
• Konkani: तिताक पावलुचें पत्र (titāk pāvlucẽ patra)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: تیتۆس (tîtos)

• Latin: Titus (la) m
• Latvian: Titam (lv) m
• Lavukaleve: Titus
• Limburgish: Titus
• Lithuanian: Laiškas Titui (lt) m
• Maltese: Titu (mt) m
• Manx: Titus (gv)
• Maori: Taituha (mi)
• Marathi: तीताला (tītālā)
• Nepali: तीतस (tītas)
• Ngazidja Comorian: Tito
• Norwegian: Titus (no) m
• Odia: ତୀତସଙ୍କ ପ୍ରତି ପତ୍ର (titasaṅka prati patra)
• Persian: تایتوس
• 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
• Urdu: طِطُس (titus)
• Waray-Waray: Tito
• Welsh: Titus (cy) m
• West Frisian: Titus
• Zealandic: Titus

biblical character

• Afrikaans: Titus (af)
• Armenian: Տիտոս (hy) (Titos)
• Basque: Tito (eu)
• Breton: Titoz (br) m
• Bulgarian: Тит m (Tit)
• Cebuano: Tito
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 提多 (tai⁴ do¹)

  Eastern Min: 提多 (Tì-dŏ̤)

  Mandarin: 提多 (zh) (Tíduō)

• Corsican: Tito (co)
• Czech: Titus
• Danish: Titus
• Dutch: Titus (nl) m
• Estonian: Tiitus
• Faroese: Titus (fo) m
• Finnish: Titus (fi)
• French: Tite (fr)
• Georgian: ტიტუსი (ṭiṭusi)
• German: Titus (de)
• Greek: Τίτος (el) m (Títos)

  Ancient: Τίτος m (Títos)

• Greenlandic: Titusi (kl)
• Hawaiian: Tito
• Hungarian: Titusz (hu)
• Icelandic: Títus m
• Ido: Titus m
• Irish: Títeas (ga) m
• Italian: Tito (it)
• Japanese: テトス (Tetosu)
• Latin: Titus (la) m
• Latvian: Titam (lv) m
• Lavukaleve: Titus
• Limburgish: Titus
• Lithuanian: Titus m
• Maltese: Titu (mt) m
• Manx: Titus (gv)
• Maori: Taituha (mi)
• 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

Roman Emperor

• Afrikaans: Titus (af) sg
• Armenian: Տիտոս (hy) (Titos)
• Basque: Tito (eu) sg
• Breton: Titoz (br) m
• Bulgarian: Тит m (Tit)
• Cebuano: Tito
• Chinese:

  Eastern Min: 提多 (Tì-dŏ̤)

• Corsican: Tito (co)
• Czech: Titus m
• Danish: Titus n
• Dutch: Titus (nl) m
• Estonian: Titus sg
• Faroese: Titus (fo) m
• Finnish: Titus (fi) sg
• French: Tite (fr) m
• Georgian: ტიტუსი (ṭiṭusi)
• German: Titus (de) m
• Greek: Τίτος (el) m (Títos)

  Ancient: Τίτος m (Títos)

• Greenlandic: Titusi (kl)
• Hawaiian: Tito
• Hebrew: טִיטוּס הָרָשָׁע m (títus harashá), טִיטוּס m (títus)
• Hungarian: Titusz (hu) sg
• Icelandic: Títus m
• Ido: Titus
• Irish: Títeas (ga) m
• Italian: Tito (it) m
• Japanese: テトス (Tetosu)
• Latin: Titus (la) m
• Latvian: Titam (lv) m
• Lavukaleve: Titus
• Limburgish: Titus
• Lithuanian: Titus m
• Maltese: Titu (mt) m
• Manx: Titus (gv)
• Maori: Taituha (mi)
• Norwegian: Titus (no) m
• Polish: Tytus (pl) m
• Portuguese: Tito (pt) m
• Romanian: Tit m
• Scots: Titus
• Scottish Gaelic: Titius (gd) m
• Slovak: Títovi m
• Slovene: Tit (sl) m
• Spanish: Tito (es) m
• Swahili: Titus
• Swedish: Titus n
• Tagalog: Tito (tl)
• Waray-Waray: Tito
• Welsh: Titus (cy) m
• West Frisian: Titus n
• Yiddish: טיטוס הרשע (titus horoshe)
• Zealandic: Titus

male given name

• Afrikaans: Titus (af)
• Armenian: Տիտոս (hy) (Titos)
• Basque: Tito (eu)
• Breton: Titoz (br) m
• Bulgarian: Тит m (Tit)
• Cebuano: Tito
• Chinese:

  Eastern Min: 提多 (Tì-dŏ̤)

  Mandarin: 泰特斯 (Tàitèsī)

• Corsican: Tito (co)
• Czech: Titus
• Danish: Titus
• Dutch: Titus (nl) m
• Estonian: Tiit
• Faroese: Titus (fo) m
• Finnish: Tiitus (fi)
• French: Tite (fr) m
• Georgian: ტიტუსი (ṭiṭusi)
• German: Titus (de)
• Greek: Τίτος (el) (Títos)

  Ancient: Τίτος m (Títos)

• Greenlandic: Titusi (kl)
• Hawaiian: Tito
• Hebrew: טִיטוּס m (títus)
• Hungarian: Titusz (hu)
• Icelandic: Títus m
• Ido: Titus m
• Ingrian: Titova
• Irish: Títeas (ga) m
• Italian: Tito (it)
• Japanese: テトス (Tetosu)
• Latin: Titus (la) m
• Latvian: Titam (lv) m
• Lavukaleve: Titus
• Limburgish: Titus
• Lithuanian: Titus m
• Maltese: Titu (mt) m
• Manx: Titus (gv)
• Maori: Taituha (mi)
• Norwegian: Titus (no) m
• Polish: Tytus (pl) m
• Portuguese: Tito (pt) m
• Romanian: Tit m, Titu m, Titus 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 (mt)

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Titus”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• Suitt, Tutsi, tuits

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Titus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈti.tus]

Proper noun

Titus m

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

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 :

     The Senate and the Roman people (dedicate this)
     to the deified Titus Vespasian Augustus,
     son of the deified Vespasian.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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
• Sicilian: Titu
• 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.