LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

tīnctūra

tīnctūra f (genitive tīnctūrae)
Classical[tiːŋkˈtuː.ra]Ecclesiastical[tiŋkˈtuː.ra]

Meaning

  1. a dyeing
    Reddetur et per se cyanos, accommodato paulo ante et iaspidi nomine a colore caeruleo. optima Scythica, dein Cypria, postremo Aegyptia. adulteratur maxime tinctura, idque in gloria est regum Aegypti; adscribitur et qui primus tinxit. dividitur autem et haec in mares feminasque. inest ei aliquando et aureus pulvis, non qualis sappiris; in his enim aurum punctis conlucet.77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 37.119

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetīnctūratīnctūrae
genitivetīnctūraetīnctūrārum
dativetīnctūraetīnctūrīs
accusativetīnctūramtīnctūrās
ablativetīnctūrātīnctūrīs
vocativetīnctūratīnctūrae

tinctūra, ae, f. id.,
I. a dyeing, Plin. 37, 9, 38, § 119.—In plur., Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 110.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Italic *tengō Latin tingō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin tīnctūra From tingō + -tūra.

Descendants
  • Catalantintura
  • Englishtincture
  • Frenchteinture
  • GermanTinktur
  • Italiantintura
  • Occitantenchura
  • Portuguesetintura
  • Spanishtintura
  • Asturiantintura
  • Corsicantintura

In English words that came into English from tīnctūra

  • tincturetīnctūra

Quick answers

What does tīnctūra mean in Latin?
tīnctūra, a noun, means “a dyeing”.
What is the genitive of tīnctūra?
The genitive singular is tīnctūrae. tīnctūra is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce tīnctūra?
In classical Latin, [tiːŋkˈtuː.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [tiŋkˈtuː.ra].