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typus.

figure, bas-relief; ground plan; pattern, type, prototype, model, symbol; form/type/character (of a fever);

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈty.pʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈtiː.pus]
  1. figure, image bas-relief

    declension-2 · masculine
  2. figure, image ground-plan

    declension-2 · masculine
  3. figure, image a mystical figure or symbol, a prefiguration or portent

    Medieval-Latin · declension-2 · masculine
  4. type, form, sort, kind

    declension-2 · masculine
  5. a coin die

    New-Latin · declension-2 · masculine
  6. a printing form or font die literature, printed material, books

    New-Latin · collective · declension-2 · masculine · singular · singular-only
  7. a printing form or font die a printing house, a printery

    New-Latin · declension-2 · masculine · plural · plural-only
    Typis Archicœnobii Montis Casini
  8. When it is the specific epithet of a binomial name, indicates it is the type species.

    New-Latin · declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek τῠ́πος (tŭ́pos, “mark”, “impression”, “type”), from τῠ́πτω (tŭ́ptō, “to strike, beat”).

noun
  1. alternative spelling of typhus; a form, type, or character of a fever

    alt-of · alternative · declension-2 · masculine
  2. alternative spelling of typhus; a form, type, or character of a fever A periodic fever.

    Medieval-Latin · declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “fever, stupor”).

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