tinctorius

Latin

Etymology

From tingō (“soak in dye”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tiːnkˈtoː.ri.us/, [t̪iːŋkˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tinkˈto.ri.us/, [t̪iŋkˈt̪ɔːrius]

Adjective

tīnctōrius (feminine tīnctōria, neuter tīnctōrium); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to dyeing.

   Jorlin de plantis tinctoriis

   Jorlin's [book] on the plants used in dyeing

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tīnctōrius	tīnctōria	tīnctōrium		tīnctōriī	tīnctōriae	tīnctōria
genitive	tīnctōriī	tīnctōriae	tīnctōriī		tīnctōriōrum	tīnctōriārum	tīnctōriōrum
dative	tīnctōriō	tīnctōriae	tīnctōriō		tīnctōriīs
accusative	tīnctōrium	tīnctōriam	tīnctōrium		tīnctōriōs	tīnctōriās	tīnctōria
ablative	tīnctōriō	tīnctōriā	tīnctōriō		tīnctōriīs
vocative	tīnctōrie	tīnctōria	tīnctōrium		tīnctōriī	tīnctōriae	tīnctōria

Related terms

• tincta
• tinctilis
• tinctor
• tinctūra
• tinctus
• tingēns
• tingō

Descendants

• Italian: tintorio

References

• “tinctorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tinctorius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.