sino

See also: sinó, sino-, si no, sin-o, s-ino, Sino-, and S-ino

Galician

sinos

Etymology

From Old Portuguese sino, from Latin signum, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) or *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Cognate with Portuguese sino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.no/

Noun

sino m (plural sinos)

1. bell

Synonyms

• campá

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Italian

Preposition

sino

1. Variant of fino.

Derived terms

• sin d'ora
• sin da
• sin qui

Anagrams

• Sion, soni

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tḱi-né-ti, denominative present of the root *tḱey-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.noː/, [ˈsɪ.noː]

Verb

sinō (present infinitive sinere, perfect active sīvī, supine situm); third conjugation

1. (with accusative of person and infinitive) I let, permit, suffer.
2. I put, lay, set down.

Inflection

Conjugation of sino (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sinō	sinis	sinit	sinimus	sinitis	sinunt
	imperfect	sinēbam	sinēbās	sinēbat	sinēbāmus	sinēbātis	sinēbant
	future	sinam	sinēs	sinet	sinēmus	sinētis	sinent
	perfect	sīvī	sīvistī, sīsti1	sīvit	sīvimus	sīvistis, sīstis1	sīvērunt, sīvēre
	pluperfect	sīveram	sīverās	sīverat	sīverāmus	sīverātis	sīverant
	future perfect	sīverō	sīveris	sīverit	sīverimus	sīveritis	sīverint
passive	present	sinor	sineris, sinere	sinitur	sinimur	siniminī	sinuntur
	imperfect	sinēbar	sinēbāris, sinēbāre	sinēbātur	sinēbāmur	sinēbāminī	sinēbantur
	future	sinar	sinēris, sinēre	sinētur	sinēmur	sinēminī	sinentur
	perfect	situs + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	situs + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	situs + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sinam	sinās	sinat	sināmus	sinātis	sinant
	imperfect	sinerem	sinerēs	sineret	sinerēmus	sinerētis	sinerent
	perfect	sīverim	sīverīs	sīverit	sīverīmus	sīverītis	sīverint
	pluperfect	sīvissem, sīssem1	sīvissēs, sīsses1	sīvisset, sīsset1	sīvissēmus, sīssemus1	sīvissētis, sīssetis1	sīvissent, sīssent1
passive	present	sinar	sināris, sināre	sinātur	sināmur	sināminī	sinantur
	imperfect	sinerer	sinerēris, sinerēre	sinerētur	sinerēmur	sinerēminī	sinerentur
	perfect	situs + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	situs + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	sine	—	—	sinite	—
	future	—	sinitō	sinitō	—	sinitōte	sinuntō
passive	present	—	sinere	—	—	siniminī	—
	future	—	sinitor	sinitor	—	—	sinuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sinere	sīvisse, sīsse1	sitūrus esse	sinī	situs esse	situm īrī
participles		sinēns	—	sitūrus	—	situs	sinendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		sinere	sinendī	sinendō	sinendum	situm	sitū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• pōnō
• situs

References

• sino in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sino in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sino” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I cannot sleep for anxiety: curae somnum mihi adimunt, dormire me non sinunt
    
  • (ambiguous) on good grounds; reasonably: non sine causa
    
  • (ambiguous) without doubt, beyond all doubt: sine dubio (not sine ullo dubio)
    
  • (ambiguous) without any hesitation; without the least scruple: sine ulla dubitatione
    
  • (ambiguous) without delay: sine mora or nulla mora interposita
    
  • (ambiguous) indisputably; incontestably: sine (ulla) controversia
    
  • (ambiguous) to read a speech: de scripto orationem habere, dicere (opp. sine scripto, ex memoria)
    
  • (ambiguous) without any disguise, frankly: sine fuco ac fallaciis (Att. 1. 1. 1)
    
  • (ambiguous) with no moderation: sine modo; nullo modo adhibito
    
  • (ambiguous) to lend some one money (without interest): pecuniam alicui credere (sine fenore, usuris)
    
  • (ambiguous) to restore prisoners without ransom: captivos sine pretio reddere
    
• Andrew L. Sihler (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press
• site in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• http://www.dicolatin.com/EN/LAK/0/SINO/index.htm

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin signum (“bell, ringing of a bell”), from Latin signum (“sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) or *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Cognate with Old Provençal senh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.no/

Noun

sino m

1. bell
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 66 (facsimile):

     ſan pedro ſino tagia

     Saint Peter rang the bell

Synonyms

• campãa

Descendants

• Galician: sino
• Portuguese: sino

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Portuguese

Sinos

Etymology

From Old Portuguese sino (“bell”), from Late Latin signum (“bell, ringing of a bell”), from Latin signum (“sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) or *sekʷ- (“to follow”).

Cognate with Galician sino, Catalan seny and Romansch zain. Also related to French tocsin and English tocsin (both ultimately from Old Provençal senh (“bell”)).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.nu/
• Hyphenation: si‧no

Noun

sino m (plural sinos)

1. bell (percussive instrument)
   • 1913, Fernando Pessoa, “Ó sino da minha aldeia”:

     Ó sino da minha aldeia, / Dolente na tarde calma, / Cada tua badalada / Soa dentro da minha alma.

     Oh bell of my village, / Lazy in this peaceful afternoon, / Each one of your tollings / Resounds in my soul.

Derived terms

• calças à boca de sino
• sineta

• sineiro
• torre sineira

Related terms

• assinar
• selo
• senha

• senho
• sigilo
• signa

• signo
• sina
• sinal

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: sinu
• Sinhalese: සීනුව (sīnuva)
• Tetum: sinu

See also

• badalo
• campa

• campainha
• carrilhão

• chocalho
• guizo

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin signum.

Noun

sino m (plural sinos)

1. destiny, fate, lot

Synonyms

• azar m
• destino m

Etymology 2

Latin sino-, from Sina "China" (the country).

Noun

sino m (plural sinos)

1. Chinese

Etymology 3

From si + no.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si no/
• as if two separate words

Conjunction

sino

1. but (after a negative clause) (i.e., "but rather", "but only", or "but rather only")
2. except, apart from
3. only, solely

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Tagalog

Pronoun

sino

1. (interrogative) who