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Derived from Latin typus.

typus m inan

  1. archaic form of typ

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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

typus m (genitive typī); second declension

  1. figure, image
    1. bas-relief
    2. (surveying) ground-plan
    3. (Medieval Latin) a mystical figure or symbol, a prefiguration or portent
  2. type, form, sort, kind
  3. (New Latin, numismatics) a coin die
  4. (New Latin) a printing form or font die
    1. (singular only, collectively) literature, printed material, books
    2. (plural only, as typī, typōrum) a printing house, a printery
  5. (New Latin, taxonomy, zoology) When it is the specific epithet of a binomial name, indicates it is the type species.
    Synonym: typicus

Second-declension noun.

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

typus m (genitive typī); second declension

  1. (medicine) alternative spelling of typhus; a form, type, or character of a fever
    1. (Medieval Latin) A periodic fever.

Second-declension noun.