LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

tinnītus

tinnītus m (genitive tinnītūs)
Classical[tɪnˈniː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[tinˈniː.tus]

Meaning

  1. A ringing, jingling, tinkling.

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetinnītustinnītūs
tinnītī
genitivetinnītūs
tinnītī		tinnītuum
tinnītōrum
dativetinnītuī
tinnītō		tinnītibus
tinnītīs
accusativetinnītumtinnītūs
tinnītōs
ablativetinnītū
tinnītō		tinnītibus
tinnītīs
vocativetinnītus
tinnīte		tinnītūs
tinnītī

tinnītus, ūs, m. id.,
I. a ringing, jingling, tingling (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.: tinnitusque cie et Matris quate cymbala circum, Verg. G. 4, 64: strepit assiduo Tinnitu galea, id. A. 9, 809: sonuit tinnitibus ensis acutis, Ov. M. 5, 204; 6, 589; 14, 536: aera tinnitus repulsa dabunt, id. F. 4, 184; Sil. 13, 146; Quint. 11, 3, 31: ad tinnitum aeris, Sen. Ira, 3, 35, 3; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 76; 19, 1, 2, § 9: cuminum silvestre auribus instillatur ad sonitus atque tinnitus, a ringing in the ears, id. 20, 15, 57, § 162; 23, 4, 42, § 85; 28, 2, 5, § 24.— *
II. Transf., of language, a jingling, jingle of words: tinnitus Gallionis, Tac. Or. 26; cf. tinnulus, II.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin tinnītus From tinniō (“ring, jingle, clink”) + -tus (abstract noun suffix).

Descendants
  • Englishtinnitus
  • GermanTinnitus
  • Portuguesetinido
  • Czechtinnitus
  • Czechtinitus
  • Finnishtinnitus

In English words that came into English from tinnītus

  • tinnitustinnītus

Quick answers

What does tinnītus mean in Latin?
tinnītus, a noun, means “A ringing, jingling, tinkling.”.
What is the genitive of tinnītus?
The genitive singular is tinnītūs. tinnītus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce tinnītus?
In classical Latin, [tɪnˈniː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [tinˈniː.tus].