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|lshtext=<b>tinnĭo</b>: (tīnĭo), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. n. and<br /><b>I</b> a. [[root]] [[tan]]-; cf.: [[tono]], [[tonitru]], to [[ring]], [[chink]], clink, [[jingle]], [[tinkle]], [[tingle]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: tinniit [[tintinnabulum]], Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 162: tinnit hastilibus [[umbo]], Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 432 Vahl.): apes tinniendo aere perterritas perducet, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 30: ([[Graeci]]) n (litteram) jucundam et in [[fine]] [[praecipue]] [[quasi]] tinnientem illius (m litterae) [[loco]] ponunt, Quint. 12, 10, 31 (cf. retinnit, Cic. Brut. 46, 171): nec [[tibi]] [[dubito]] in [[foro]] diu tinnisse auriculas, [[have]] tingled, M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 5 Mai; cf. [[tinnitus]].—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Colloq., to clink [[money]], i. e. to [[pay]]: [[exspecto]] [[maxime]], ecquid [[Dolabella]] tinniat, Cic. Att. 14, 21, 4; cf. trop.: veri speciem dignoscere calles, Nequa subaerato mendosum tinniat [[auro]], [[ring]] false, [[give]] a false [[sound]], Pers. 5, 105.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[have]] a [[sharp]] or [[shrill]] [[voice]], to [[cry]], [[scream]], [[sing]] ([[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].): comprime te: [[nimium]] tinnis, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 32; id. Ps. 3, 2, 99; cf.: tinnire canorā voce, id. Poen. prol. 33: aliquid se tinniturum promisit, to [[sing]], Suet. Ner. 20 fin.: [[vere]] [[novo]], cum jam tinnire volucres Incipient, Calp. Ecl. 5, 16.
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