English → Latin
“tincture” in Latin
tingōto wet, moisten, dip (in), impregnate (with); to smear; to dip, immerse; to give to drink, treat; to colour, dye, tingecolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden; to inhabit; to frequent, be the guardian of, cherish,physiologianatural philosophy, natural science; physiology
The English word tincture itself goes back to Latin tingō, through tīnctūra.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
tincture s.
Color, Vid:
Extract of the finer parts of a substance, *tinctura (technical term): liquor medicatus.
ImPROP. To have the slightest tincture of anything, primis ut dicitur labris gustasse aliquid (e.g., physiologiam, Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for tincture?
- The usual Latin words for “tincture” are tingō, colō, physiologia. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.