verbthird conjugation, impersonal, no passive, no supine stem
ningit
ningit (present infinitive ningere, perfect active nīnxit)
Classical[ˈnɪŋ.ɡɪt]Ecclesiastical[ˈnin̠ʲ.d͡ʒit]
Meaning
- impersonalto snow
[…] Stiriaque impexis induruit horrida barbis,
[…] hoarfrost clings to their uncombed, shaggy beards while the whole sky keeps on sheding snow.c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 3.366–367
Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | ningit | ningēbat | ninget | nīnxit | nīnxerat | nīnxerit |
| 1st pl. | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | — | — | — | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | ningat | ningeret | nīnxerit | nīnxisset |
| 1st pl. | — | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | — | — | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| fut. 3rd sg. | ningitō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | ningere | — |
| perfect infinitive | nīnxisse | — |
| present participle | ningēns | — |
gerundningendī, ningendō, ningendum
ningit or ninguit, ēbat, nxit, 3, v. n. Gr. νίφει; cf. nix, and v. Serv. Verg. A. 4, 250,
I. it snows.
I. Lit.:
ningit, Col. 11, 2, 31; Verg. G. 3, 367: cum ninxerit caelestium molem mihi, Att. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P. (Trag. Rel. v. 101 Rib.).—(b). In the pass. form:
totum istud spatium, quā pluitur et ninguitur, App. Flor. 1, p. 340, 39.—* II. Transf., to shower down, scatter:
ningunt rosarum Floribus, Lucr. 2, 627.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ningit (-guit) — (ere), impers.
NIGV-, it snows , V.
Origins
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”).
Descendants
- Romanianninge