Unknown. It may well be a pre-Latin but post-Proto-Indo-European onomatopoeic formation, compare Ancient Greek ῥέγκω (rhénkō, “to snore”).
ringor (present infinitive ringī, perfect active rictus sum); third conjugation, deponent
indicative | singular | plural | |||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | ringor | ringeris, ringere |
ringitur | ringimur | ringiminī | ringuntur |
imperfect | ringēbar | ringēbāris, ringēbāre |
ringēbātur | ringēbāmur | ringēbāminī | ringēbantur | |
future | ringar | ringēris, ringēre |
ringētur | ringēmur | ringēminī | ringentur | |
perfect | rictus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | rictus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | rictus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | ringar | ringāris, ringāre |
ringātur | ringāmur | ringāminī | ringantur |
imperfect | ringerer | ringerēris, ringerēre |
ringerētur | ringerēmur | ringerēminī | ringerentur | |
perfect | rictus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | rictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | ringere | — | — | ringiminī | — |
future | — | ringitor | ringitor | — | — | ringuntor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | ringī | rictum esse | rictūrum esse | — | — | — | |
participles | ringēns | rictus | rictūrus | — | — | ringendus, ringundus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
ringendī | ringendō | ringendum | ringendō | rictum | rictū |
Reflexes of an assumed variant *ringīre: