LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

tingō

tingō (present infinitive tingere, perfect active tīnxī, supine tīnctum)
Classical[ˈtɪŋ.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈtiŋ.ɡo]
tingēns pres. act. ptcp.

Meaning

  1. to wet, moisten, dip (in), impregnate (with); to smear; to dip, immerse
    tingi nardoto scent oneself with spikenard
    tinctus littĕriswell-read, educated
  2. to give to drink, treat
  3. to colour, dye, tinge
    lumine tinctusilluminated
    tingi soleto bathe in the sun, tan

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.tingōtingēbamtingamtīnxītīnxeramtīnxerō
2nd sg.tingistingēbāstingēstīnxistītīnxerāstīnxeris
3rd sg.tingittingēbattingettīnxittīnxerattīnxerit
1st pl.tingimustingēbāmustingēmustīnximustīnxerāmustīnxerimus
2nd pl.tingitistingēbātistingētistīnxististīnxerātistīnxeritis
3rd pl.tingunttingēbanttingenttīnxērunt
tīnxēre		tīnxeranttīnxerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.tingamtingeremtīnxerimtīnxissem
2nd sg.tingāstingerēstīnxerīstīnxissēs
3rd sg.tingattingerettīnxerittīnxisset
1st pl.tingāmustingerēmustīnxerīmustīnxissēmus
2nd pl.tingātistingerētistīnxerītistīnxissētis
3rd pl.tinganttingerenttīnxerinttīnxissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.tingortingēbartingar
2nd sg.tingeris
tingere		tingēbāris
tingēbāre		tingēris
tingēre
3rd sg.tingiturtingēbāturtingētur
1st pl.tingimurtingēbāmurtingēmur
2nd pl.tingiminītingēbāminītingēminī
3rd pl.tingunturtingēbanturtingentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.tingartingerer
2nd sg.tingāris
tingāre		tingerēris
tingerēre
3rd sg.tingāturtingerētur
1st pl.tingāmurtingerēmur
2nd pl.tingāminītingerēminī
3rd pl.tinganturtingerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.tingetingere
pres. 2nd pl.tingitetingiminī
fut. 2nd sg.tingitōtingitor
fut. 3rd sg.tingitōtingitor
fut. 2nd pl.tingitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.tinguntōtinguntor
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivetingeretingī
perfect infinitivetīnxissetīnctum esse
future infinitivetīnctūrum essetīnctum īrī
present participletingēns—
perfect participle—tīnctus
tīncta, tīnctā, tīnctae, tīnctam, tīnctārum, tīnctās, tīncte, tīnctī, tīnctīs, tīnctō, tīnctōrum, tīnctōs
future participletīnctūrus
tīnctūra, tīnctūrā, tīnctūrae, tīnctūram, tīnctūrārum, tīnctūrās, tīnctūre, tīnctūrī, tīnctūrīs, tīnctūrō, tīnctūrōrum, tīnctūrōs, tīnctūrum		tingendus
tingundus, tingenda, tingendā, tingendae, tingendam, tingendārum, tingendās, tingende, tingendīs, tingendōrum, tingendōs
gerundtingendī, tingendō, tingendumsupinetīnctum, tīnctū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

litteris leviter imbutum or tinctum esse
to have received a superficial education.

tingo (less correctly, tinguo), nxi, nctum, 3, v. a. root tvak-, to wet; Sanscr. tuc-; Gr. τέγγω,
I. to wet, moisten, bathe with or in any liquid (class.; cf.: aspergo, irroro, imbuo).
I. Lit.: tunica sanguine centauri tincta, Cic. N. D. 3, 28, 70: Lydia Pactoli tingit arata liquor, Prop. 1, 6, 32: in amne comas, id. 4 (5), 4, 24: tinget pavimentum mero, Hor. C. 2, 14, 27: Arctos Oceani metuentis aequore tingi, Verg. G. 1, 246: stridentia Aera lacu, id. ib. 4, 172: gemmam lacrimis, Ov. M. 9, 567: in undis summa pedum vestigia, id. ib. 4, 343: pedis vestigia, id. ib. 5, 592: flumine corpora, i. e. to bathe, id. ib. 12, 413: corpora lymphis, id. ib. 2, 459: in amne faces, id. R. Am. 700: (asinae) horrent ita ut pedes omnino caveant tingere, Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169. —Poet.: in alto Phoebus anhelos Aequore tinget equos, bathe or plunge, i. e. will set, Ov. M. 15, 419: non ego te meis Immunem meditor tingere poculis, i. e. to entertain, treat you, Hor. C. 4, 12, 23.—
B. In partic.
1. To soak in color, to dye, color, tinge (syn. inficio): Phocaico bibulas tingebat murice lanas, Ov. M. 6, 9; cf.: lanas vestium murice Afro, Hor. C. 2, 16, 36. — Poet.: niveam ovem Tyrio murice, Tib. 2, 4, 28: coma viridi cortice tincta nucis, id. 1, 8, 44: vestes Gaetulo murice, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 181: vestem rubro cocco, id. S. 2, 6, 103: sanguine cultros, Ov. M. 7, 599; cf.: secures cervice, Hor. C. 3, 23, 13: ora cruore, Ov. M. 14, 237: comam, id. Am. 1, 14, 2: cutem, i. e. to paint, Mart. 1, 77, 5: tinguntur sole populi, i. e. are embrowned, Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 70: nummos, to wash copper coins with gold or silver, Dig. 48, 10, 8: globus ... candenti lumine tinctus, i. e. illuminated, Lucr. 5, 720; so, loca lumine, id. 6, 173.—
2. Of colors as objects, to produce, bring out: purpuram, Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 201; 16, 18, 31, § 77: caeruleum, id. 33, 13, 57, § 161.—
3. To baptize (late Lat.): tinctus est ab Joanne prophetā in Jordane flumine, Lact. 4, 15, 2.—
II. Trop.: orator sit mihi tinctus litteris, audierit aliquid, legerit, tinctured, i. e. imbued, well furnished with, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85: Laelia patris elegantiā tincta, id. Brut. 58, 211: verba sensu tincta, Quint. 4, 2, 117: Romano lepidos sale tinge libellos, Mart. 8, 3, 19: sales lepore Attico tincti, id. 3, 20, 9: in similitudinem sui tingit (virtus), Sen. Ep. 66, 8.—Hence, P. a. as substt.
A. tingens, entis, m., a dyer: tingentium officinae, Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133; 37, 9, 40, § 122.—
B. tincta, ōrum, n., dyed or colored stuffs: tincta absint, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *tengō, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to soak, dip, make wet”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to make wet”), English dunk.

Elsewhere
  • Catalantintarfrom Vulgar Latin *tinctāre
  • Frenchteinterfrom Vulgar Latin *tinctāre
  • Englishtaintfrom Vulgar Latin *tinctāre
  • Occitantencharfrom Vulgar Latin *tinctāre
  • Occitantintarfrom Vulgar Latin *tinctāre
  • Portuguesetintarfrom Vulgar Latin *tinctāre
  • Spanishtintarfrom Vulgar Latin *tinctāre
  • Franco-Provençaltintarfrom Vulgar Latin *tinctāre
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Occitanténher
  • Catalantenyirfrom Old Catalan tenyir
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesetingir
  • Spanishteñir
  • Galiciantinxir
  • Galiciantinguir
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiantingere
  • Siciliantìnciri
  • Siciliantignari
  • Venetanténxer
  • Venetanténxar
  • Venetanténzar
Borrowings
  • Englishtinge
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friuliantenzi
  • Friuliantengi
Gallo-Italic
  • Ligurianténze
  • Piedmontesetenze
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Franco-Provençaltiendre
  • Franco-Provençaltindre
  • Old Frenchtaindre
  • Old Frenchteindre

In English words that came into English from tingō

  • tincturetīnctūra
  • tingetingere
  • tainttinctum
  • tinttīnctus
  • intinctionintinctiō
  • tincttīnctus
  • tingibletingere

Quick answers

What does tingō mean in Latin?
tingō, a verb, means “to wet, moisten, dip (in), impregnate (with); to smear; to dip, immerse”.
What are the principal parts of tingō?
tingō, tingere, tīnxī, tīnctum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce tingō?
In classical Latin, [ˈtɪŋ.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtiŋ.ɡo].
Which English words come from tingō?
English words that go back to Latin tingō include tinge, taint, tingible, tincture, tint and tinct.