"Tityre-tu" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Tityre-tus [plural]
Etymology: An allusion to the first line in Virgil's First Eclogue: "Tityre tu patulae recubans sub tegmine fagi" ("Tityrus, thou reclining beneath the shelter of the spreading beech tree"). Head templates: {{en-noun}} Tityre-tu (plural Tityre-tus)
  1. (historical, chiefly in the plural) A member of a gang of criminal youths that originated in the early 1620s. Tags: historical, in-plural
    Sense id: en-Tityre-tu-en-noun-ihfAk6HG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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