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Icelandic
Noun
tignum
- indefinite dative plural of tign
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *tegnom, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-nom, from *(s)teg- (“beam, stake”). Cognate with English stack and stake.
Pronunciation
Noun
tignum n (genitive tignī); second declension
- building stuff, lumber
- tree trunk
- log
- beam
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Derived terms
References
- “tignum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tignum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tignum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- tignum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Old Norse
Adjective
tignum
- inflection of tiginn:
- positive degree strong masculine dative singular
- positive degree strong/weak dative plural
Noun
tignum
- indefinite dative plural of tign
Verb
tignum
- inflection of tigna:
- first-person plural present indicative/subjunctive active
- first-person plural imperative active