tineo

See also: Tineo

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tinea (“noxious larva”), semantically influenced by taxonomic name Tinea, a genus of moths. Compare French teigne, Italian tigna (“ringworm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈneo/

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• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: ti‧ne‧o

Noun

tineo (accusative singular tineon, plural tineoj, accusative plural tineojn)

1. moth

   Synonym: noktopapilio

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɪ.ne.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtiː.ne.o]

Verb

tineō (present infinitive tineāre, perfect active tineāvī, supine tineātum); first conjugation

1. to be infested by moths (or their maggots)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tineō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	tineō		tineās		tineat		tineāmus		tineātis		tineant
	imperfect	tineābam		tineābās		tineābat		tineābāmus		tineābātis		tineābant
	future	tineābō		tineābis		tineābit		tineābimus		tineābitis		tineābunt
	perfect	tineāvī		tineāvistī		tineāvit		tineāvimus		tineāvistis		tineāvērunt, tineāvēre
	pluperfect	tineāveram		tineāverās		tineāverat		tineāverāmus		tineāverātis		tineāverant
	future perfect	tineāverō		tineāveris		tineāverit		tineāverimus		tineāveritis		tineāverint
passive	present	tineor		tineāris, tineāre		tineātur		tineāmur		tineāminī		tineantur
	imperfect	tineābar		tineābāris, tineābāre		tineābātur		tineābāmur		tineābāminī		tineābantur
	future	tineābor		tineāberis, tineābere		tineābitur		tineābimur		tineābiminī		tineābuntur
	perfect	tineātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tineātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tineātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	tineem		tineēs		tineet		tineēmus		tineētis		tineent
	imperfect	tineārem		tineārēs		tineāret		tineārēmus		tineārētis		tineārent
	perfect	tineāverim		tineāverīs		tineāverit		tineāverīmus		tineāverītis		tineāverint
	pluperfect	tineāvissem		tineāvissēs		tineāvisset		tineāvissēmus		tineāvissētis		tineāvissent
passive	present	tineer		tineēris, tineēre		tineētur		tineēmur		tineēminī		tineentur
	imperfect	tineārer		tineārēris, tineārēre		tineārētur		tineārēmur		tineārēminī		tineārentur
	perfect	tineātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tineātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		tineā		—		—		tineāte		—
	future	—		tineātō		tineātō		—		tineātōte		tineantō
passive	present	—		tineāre		—		—		tineāminī		—
	future	—		tineātor		tineātor		—		—		tineantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		tineāre			tineārī			tineāns			—
future		tineātūrum esse			tineātum īrī			tineātūrus			tineandus
perfect		tineāvisse			tineātum esse			—			tineātus
future perfect		—			tineātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		tineātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		tineandī		tineandō		tineandum		tineandō		tineātum		tineātū

Related terms

• tinea

References

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈneo/ [t̪iˈne.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: ti‧ne‧o

Noun

tineo m (plural tineos)

1. A South American tree, Weinmannia trichosperma.

Further reading

• “tineo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025