tignum

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word tignum. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word tignum, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say tignum in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word tignum you have here. The definition of the word tignum will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oftignum, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Icelandic

Noun

tignum

  1. 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

  1. building stuff, lumber
  2. tree trunk
  3. log
  4. beam

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tignum tigna
Genitive tignī tignōrum
Dative tignō tignīs
Accusative tignum tigna
Ablative tignō tignīs
Vocative tignum tigna

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

  1. inflection of tiginn:
    1. positive degree strong masculine dative singular
    2. positive degree strong/weak dative plural

Noun

tignum

  1. indefinite dative plural of tign

Verb

tignum

  1. inflection of tigna:
    1. first-person plural present indicative/subjunctive active
    2. first-person plural imperative active