tingo Latin · revision 5491

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *teng-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtɪŋ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtiŋ.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tingō''' (present infinitive tingere, perfect active tīnxī, supine tīnctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*tengō]], [[inh|ine-pro|*teng-|t=to make wet]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The variant [[m|la|tinguō]] arose by analogy with [[unguō]] “to anoint”.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|τέγγω|tr=téngō|t=to make wet]] and [[goh|dunkōn|t=to dip]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Lucretius.^(de Vaan 2008) Lucretius describes spears stained with the boars' own blood.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to wet by dipping, as a smith quenches hot iron, to imbue with something by dipping, and to colour by soaking, to dye or stain, as Cicero's purple-dyed cloth.^(OLD 2012) It was used of staining with blood, of light and colour tinging things, as clouds tinged by the sun in Lucretius, and figuratively of imbuing a speech with art or learning.^(OLD 2012) Late Latin used it for “to baptize”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It survives in [[it|tingere]], [[fr|teindre]] and [[es|teñir]], and Old French ''teindre'' lies behind [[en|taint]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) [[en|tinge]] was taken from it directly in the late 15th century, and [[tīnctūra]] gave [[en|tincture]] about 1400.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius speaks of spears stained with blood.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of purple-dyed cloth.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – English ''tincture'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * late 15th century – English ''tinge'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To wet, [[m|en|dip]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To imbue (by dipping).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|dye]], [[m|en|stain]], tint.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To stain (with blood).^(OLD 2012)

+ # (of light) To tinge.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (figurative) To imbue, colour.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[attinguo]]

+ * [[intinguō]]

+ * [[praetingō]]

+ * [[tīnctilis]]

+ * [[tīnctiō]]

+ * [[tinctor]]

+ * [[tīnctūra]]

+ * [[tinctus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|tinge]]

+ * [[en|tincture]]

+ * [[en|taint]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}