The corpus record — Latin

titio

piece of burning wood

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Metamorphoses 3 · 0.56/10k
De Inventione 1 · 0.3/10k
De Medicina 2 · 0.2/10k

What it meant

1. titio — de Vaan

titio 'piece of burning wood' [m. n] (Varro*-) Pit. */F-/z- 'heating5. PIE *tih r ti-. IE cognates: Olr. tinaid, 'tin* *to melt, disappear' < PCI. */i-m-, Olr. tollo uathad [η.] 'small quantity', MW odit [m.] 'rarity' < *au-tJ-to- 'melting away'; Hit. ze-Q /z- 'to cook (intr.), be cooked' < *tiehro-, zanu-zi 'to cook (tr.)' < *tihrneu-, zinni-zi / zinn- 'to end, finish' < *ti-n(e)-hr; OE δϊηαη 'to wet; become … — [de Vaan, s.v. titio, p. 634]

2. tĭtĭo — Lewis & Short

tĭtĭo, ōnis, m.,

I a burning brand, firebrand (syn.: taeda, fax), Varr. ap. Non. 182, 21; 302, 7; Cels. 2, 17; Hyg. Fab. 171 al.; cf.: titionem vulgus appellat extractum foco torrem semiustum et exstinctum, Lact. 4, 14 med.

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Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. titio (scan pp. 634-635; entry #1813). Root candidates: *tiehro-, *tihrneu-, *tihrto-.

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