ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)
tinctūra: ae, f. id.,
I a dyeing, Plin. 37, 9, 38, § 119.—In plur., Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 110.
tīnctūra, æ, f. (tingo), teinture : Plin. 37, 119.
