tinctura

See also: tinctură

English

Noun

tinctura (plural tincturae)

1. (obsolete, medicine) tincture

Anagrams

• taciturn, urticant

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Latin

Etymology

From tingō +‎ -tūra.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tinkˈtuː.ra/, [tɪŋkˈtuː.ra]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tinkˈtu.ra/, [tiŋkˈtuː.ra]

Noun

tinctūra f (genitive tinctūrae); first declension

1. a dyeing
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.119:

     Reddetur et per se cyanos, accommodato paulo ante et iaspidi nomine a colore caeruleo. optima Scythica, dein Cypria, postremo Aegyptia. adulteratur maxime tinctura, idque in gloria est regum Aegypti; adscribitur et qui primus tinxit. dividitur autem et haec in mares feminasque. inest ei aliquando et aureus pulvis, non qualis sappiris; in his enim aurum punctis conlucet.

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tinctūra	tinctūrae
Genitive	tinctūrae	tinctūrārum
Dative	tinctūrae	tinctūrīs
Accusative	tinctūram	tinctūrās
Ablative	tinctūrā	tinctūrīs
Vocative	tinctūra	tinctūrae

Descendants

• English: tincture
• French: teinture
• Italian: tintura
• Portuguese: tintura
• Spanish: tintura

Participle

tinctūra

1. nominative feminine singular of tinctūrus
2. nominative neuter plural of tinctūrus
3. accusative neuter plural of tinctūrus
4. vocative feminine singular of tinctūrus
5. vocative neuter plural of tinctūrus

tinctūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of tinctūrus

References

• tinctura in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tinctura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Portuguese

Noun

tinctura f (plural tincturas)

1. superseded spelling of tintura (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

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Romanian

Etymology

From tinctură.

Verb

a tinctura (third-person singular present tinctură, past participle tincturat) 1st conj.

1. to dye

Conjugation

    conjugation of tinctura (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a tinctura
gerund			tincturând
past participle			tincturat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	tinctur	tincturi	tinctură	tincturăm	tincturați	tinctură
	imperfect	tincturam	tincturai	tinctura	tincturam	tincturați	tincturau
	simple perfect	tincturai	tincturași	tinctură	tincturarăm	tincturarăți	tincturară
	pluperfect	tincturasem	tincturaseși	tincturase	tincturaserăm	tincturaserăți	tincturaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să tinctur	să tincturi	să tincture	să tincturăm	să tincturați	să tincture
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		tinctură			tincturați
	negative		nu tinctura			nu tincturați