tintino

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduplication of tinniō.

Pronunciation

Verb

tintinō (present infinitive tintināre, perfect active tintināvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (intransitive) frequentative of tinniō: to make a ringing, clinking, jingling, tinkling sound (intermittently)
    1. to have a ringing sensation
      • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmen 51 10-11:
        sonitū suōpte tintinant aurēs
        my ears ring all an their own

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tintinō (first conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tintinō tintinās tintinat tintināmus tintinātis tintinant
imperfect tintinābam tintinābās tintinābat tintinābāmus tintinābātis tintinābant
future tintinābō tintinābis tintinābit tintinābimus tintinābitis tintinābunt
perfect tintināvī tintināvistī tintināvit tintināvimus tintināvistis tintināvērunt,
tintināvēre
pluperfect tintināveram tintināverās tintināverat tintināverāmus tintināverātis tintināverant
future perfect tintināverō tintināveris tintināverit tintināverimus tintināveritis tintināverint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tintinem tintinēs tintinet tintinēmus tintinētis tintinent
imperfect tintinārem tintinārēs tintināret tintinārēmus tintinārētis tintinārent
perfect tintināverim tintināverīs tintināverit tintināverīmus tintināverītis tintināverint
pluperfect tintināvissem tintināvissēs tintināvisset tintināvissēmus tintināvissētis tintināvissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present tintinā tintināte
future tintinātō tintinātō tintinātōte tintinantō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives tintināre tintināvisse
participles tintināns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
tintinandī tintinandō tintinandum tintinandō

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • tintino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tintino”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tintino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.