tintinno

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εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο → for if you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great (Hesiod W&D, 361-362)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

tintinno: (tintĭno), āre, and tintin-nĭo, īre, v. n. reduplicated from tinnio,
I to ring, clink, clank, to jingle, tingle (anteclass.): tintinnabant compedes, Naev. ap. Fest. p. 364 Müll.; Nigid. ap. Non. 40, 16: tintinnire janitoris impedimenta (i. e. catenas) audio, Afran. ap. Non. 40, 14; id. apFest. p. 364 Müll. N. cr.: sonitu suopte Tintĭnant aures, Cat. 51, 11.