LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

linō

linō (present infinitive linere, perfect active lēvī, supine litum)
Classical[ˈlɪ.noː]Ecclesiastical[ˈliː.no]

Meaning

  1. to daub, besmear, anoint

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.linōlinēbamlinamlēvīlēveramlēverō
2nd sg.linislinēbāslinēslēvistīlēverāslēveris
3rd sg.linitlinēbatlinetlēvitlēveratlēverit
1st pl.linimuslinēbāmuslinēmuslēvimuslēverāmuslēverimus
2nd pl.linitislinēbātislinētislēvistislēverātislēveritis
lēritis
3rd pl.linuntlinēbantlinentlēvērunt
lēvēre
lēverantlēverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.linamlineremlēverimlēvissem
2nd sg.lināslinerēslēverīslēvissēs
3rd sg.linatlineretlēveritlēvisset
1st pl.lināmuslinerēmuslēverīmuslēvissēmus
2nd pl.linātislinerētislēverītis
lērītis
lēvissētis
3rd pl.linantlinerentlēverintlēvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.linorlinēbarlinar
2nd sg.lineris
linere
linēbāris
linēbāre
linēris
linēre
3rd sg.liniturlinēbāturlinētur
1st pl.linimurlinēbāmurlinēmur
2nd pl.liniminīlinēbāminīlinēminī
3rd pl.linunturlinēbanturlinentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.linarlinerer
2nd sg.lināris
lināre
linerēris
linerēre
3rd sg.lināturlinerētur
1st pl.lināmurlinerēmur
2nd pl.lināminīlinerēminī
3rd pl.linanturlinerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.linelinere
pres. 2nd pl.liniteliniminī
fut. 2nd sg.linitōlinitor
fut. 3rd sg.linitōlinitor
fut. 2nd pl.linitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.linuntōlinuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivelinerelinī
perfect infinitivelēvisselitum esse
future infinitivelitūrum esselitum īrī
present participlelinēns—
perfect participle—litus
lita, litā, litae, litam, litārum, litās, lite, litī, litīs, litō, litōrum, litōs
future participlelitūrus
litūra, litūrā, litūrae, litūram, litūrārum, litūrās, litūre, litūrī, litūrīs, litūrō, litūrōrum, litūrōs, litūrum
linendus
linundus, linenda, linendā, linendae, linendam, linendārum, linendās, linende, linendīs, linendōrum, linendōs
gerundlinendī, linendō, linendumsupinelitum, litū

lĭno, lēvi (līvi), lĭtum, 3, and lĭnĭo, īvi, ītum. 4 (contr. form of the
I. inf. perf. lisse for livisse. Spart. Hadr. 4: perf. livi, Cato, R. R. 69; Col. 12, 50, 17: levi, Hor. C. 1, 20, 3: lini for livi, acc. to Prisc. p. 898 P.), v. a. Sanscr. root li-, to let go, pour; Gr. λιβ-, λείβω; cf. Lat. libo; hence, littera, 2. limus, to daub, besmear, anoint, to spread or rub over.
I. Lit.: cerā Spiramenta, Verg. G. 4, 39: spicula vipereo felle, Ov. P. 1, 2, 18: carmina linenda cedro, Hor. A. P. 331: Sabinum quod ego ipse testa Conditum levi (sc. pice), which I have sealed with pitch, id. C. 1, 20, 3; cf. Liv. 21, 8, 10 Drak. N. cr.: nam quis plura linit victuro dolia musto? Juv. 9, 58: picata opercula diligenter gypso linunt, Col. 12, 16, 5: faciem, Juv. 6, 481: sucis sagittas, Sen. Med. 711: cum relego, scripsisse pudet, qui plurima cerno, Me quoque, qui feci, judice digna lini, that deserve to be rubbed out, erased (because the writing on a tablet was rubbed out with the broad end of the style), Ov. P. 1, 5, 15.—In the form linio, īre: liquidā pice cum oleo linire, Col. 6, 17; Pall. 4, 10, 29; Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 266: tectoria luto cum liniuntur, Vitr. 7, 3 fin.—
2. To rub over something: linere medicamenta per corpora, Ov. Med. fac. 81.—
B. Transf.
1. To overlay, cover: tecta auro, Ov. Med. fac. 7; Mart. 9, 62, 4.—
2. To bedaub, bemire: linit ora luto, Ov. F. 3, 760; Mart. 9, 22, 13.—
II. Trop., to befoul: carmine foedo Splendida facta, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 237.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *linō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”).

Elsewhere
  • Italianlinire
  • Old Frenchliner
  • Romanshlenar
Occitan
  • Auvergnatinî
  • Gasconliá

Quick answers

What does linō mean in Latin?
linō, a verb, means “to daub, besmear, anoint”.
What are the principal parts of linō?
linō, linere, lēvī, litum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce linō?
In classical Latin, [ˈlɪ.noː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈliː.no].