typus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine) figure, image
2. (declension-2, masculine) figure, image
3. (Medieval-Latin, declension-2, masculine) figure, image
4. (declension-2, masculine) type, form, sort, kind
5. (New-Latin, declension-2, masculine) a coin die
6. (New-Latin, collective, declension-2, masculine, singular, singular-only) a printing form or font die
7. (New-Latin, declension-2, masculine, plural, plural-only) a printing form or font die
8. (New-Latin, declension-2, masculine) When it is the specific epithet of a binomial name, indicates it is the type species.

Concepts

type

coin die

Translations

Münzstempel

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈty.pʊs]

Etymology

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