tinguebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tinguo, tinguere, tinxi, tinctus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wet/moisten/dip/soak; color/dye/tinge/tint, stain (w/blood); imbue; impregnate;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...fulsit! presserant uittae comam et ora flauus tenera tinguebat pudor; inerant lacertis mollibus fortes tori, tuaeque Phoebes uultus..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...arte fuit: pater huic Colophonius Idmon Phocaico bibulas tinguebat murice lanas; occiderat mater, sed et haec de plebe..."