The corpus record — Latin

tinnitus

tinnitus · m

a ringing

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Where it lives

Fasti 2 · 0.64/10k
Metamorphoses 3 · 0.39/10k
Punica 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

tinnītus — Lewis & Short

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.

In the wild

tinnitibus Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.536
tinnitibus Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.204
tinnitibus Ovid, Fasti 4.207
tinnitibus Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.589
tinnitibus Ovid, Fasti 3.741
tinnitibus Silius Italicus, Punica 17.18

Where it came from

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