tingō (-guō) tinxī, tinctus, ere TING-, to wet, moisten, bathe, dip, imbue: tunica sanguine centauri tincta: mero pavimentum, H.: Arctos Oceani metuentis aequore tingi, V.: in undis pedum vestigia, O.: flumine corpora, i. e. bathe, O.: in alto Phoebus anhelos Aequore tinget equos, i. e. will set, O.: te meis poculis, i. e. entertain, H.

—To soak in color, dye, color, imbue, tinge: nihil nisi conchylio tinctum: murice lanas, O.: Murice tinctae lanae, H.: sanguine cultros, O.: securīs Cervice, H.

—Fig., to imbue, tincture, furnish: orator tinctus litteris: Laelia patris elegantiā tincta.