1. tingo — Lewis & Short
tingo (less correctly, tinguo), nxi, nctum, 3, v. a.root tvak-, to wet; Sanscr. tuc-; Gr. te/ggw,
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.