Titus (praenomen)

This article is about the Latin praenomen. For the Roman emperor, see Titus. For a list of other persons with this name, see Titus (disambiguation).

Titus (/ˈtaɪtəs/ TY-təs, Latin pronunciation: [ˈtɪtʊs]), feminine Tita or Titia, is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, and was one of the most common names throughout Roman history. For most of Roman history, Titus was the sixth most common praenomen, following Lucius, Gaius, Marcus, Publius, and Quintus. While not used by every family, it was widely used by all social classes including both patricians and plebeians and was a favorite of many families and gave rise to the patronymic gens Titia.[1] It was regularly abbreviated T.[2][3] The name survived the Roman Empire, and has continued to be used, in various forms, into modern times.[4][5]

  1. ^ Lewis & Short indicate that the i in Titus is short in Latin. From A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short (1879).
  2. ^ Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft
  3. ^ Mika Kajava, Roman Female Praenomina: Studies in the Nomenclature of Roman Women (1994)
  4. ^ Dictionary of Greek & Roman Biography & Mythology
  5. ^ Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft