(v. a.P. a.) : tingo (less correctly, tinguo), nxi, nctum, 3, v. a. root tvak-, to wet; Sanscr. tuc-; Gr. τέγγω
* To wet, moisten, bathe with or in any liquid (class.; cf.: aspergo, irroro, imbuo).
* 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.
* In partic.
* 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.
* Of colors as objects, to produce, bring out: purpuram,Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 201; 16, 18, 31, § 77: caeruleum,id. 33, 13, 57, § 161.
* To baptize (late Lat.): tinctus est ab Joanne prophetā in Jordane flumine,Lact. 4, 15, 2.
* Tingens, entis, m., a dyer: tingentium officinae,Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133; 37, 9, 40, § 122.
* Tincta, ōrum, n., dyed or colored stuffs: tincta absint,Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45.