tinguerer
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. pass. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...uiri. Cana est barba tibi, nigra est coma: tinguere barbam non potes — haec causa est — et potes..."Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...ecce tholum. Frange toros, pete uina, rosas cape, tinguere nardo: ipse iubet mortis te meminisse deus. Vxorem armati..."Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...roscida lucis peruersa sui limina regni; nescit fessos tinguere currus nec fumantes sudore iubas mergere ponto. ipse insueto..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Hyadas geminosque Triones; quid tantum Oceano properent se tinguere soles hiberni, vel quae tardis mora noctibus obstet. Ingeminant..."