tignum

Icelandic

Noun

1. indefinite dative plural of tign

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Latin

Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *tegnom, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-nom, from *(s)teg- (“beam, stake”). Cognate with English stack and stake.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡ.num/, [ˈt̪ɪŋnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtiɲ.ɲum/, [ˈt̪iɲːum]

Noun

tignum n (genitive tignī); second declension

1. building stuff, lumber
2. tree trunk
3. log
4. beam

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tignum	tigna
Genitive	tignī	tignōrum
Dative	tignō	tignīs
Accusative	tignum	tigna
Ablative	tignō	tignīs
Vocative	tignum	tigna

Derived terms

• contignō
• tigillum

References

• “tignum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tignum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tignum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• tignum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN