English

Noun

titulus ‎(plural tituli)

1. A caption, title or other inscription, especially an Ancient Roman type.

Latin

Etymology

Most likely from Etruscan.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.tu.lus/, [ˈtɪ.tʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

titulus m ‎(genitive titulī); second declension

1. title
2. placard, tablet
3. inscription
4. epitaph

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin
  • Catalan: títol
  • French: titre
  • Italian: titolo
  • Portuguese: título
  • Spanish: título, tilde
• Czech: titul
• Old English: titul
  • Middle English: titel
  • English: title
• Dutch: titel
• German: Titel
• Icelandic: titill
• Old Armenian: թուղթ ‎(tʿułtʿ)
  • Armenian: թուղթ ‎(tʿułtʿ)
• Russian: титул ‎(titul)

References

• titulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• titulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• TITULUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “titulus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• titulus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

1. ↑ Ostler, Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin, p. 43