Latin

Noun

thia f ‎(genitive thiae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) aunt.

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• Catalan: tia
• Corsican: zia
• Italian: zia
• Portuguese: tia
• Spanish: tía

References

• THIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “thia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• thia in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• thia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• thia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• thia in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Old Saxon

Etymology

Replaced the original masculine and feminine nominative forms from Proto-Germanic *sa, by analogy with the adjective inflection. Compare also Old High German ther, der where the same process occurred.

Determiner

thia

1. Nominative and accusative plural masculine, feminine and neuter form of thē