intingo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

in-tingo or in-tinguo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a. [tinguo], to dip in.

I In gen.: brassicam in acetum, Cato R. R. 156: buccas rubricā cerā omne corpus intinxti tibi, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 39: faces in fossa sanguinis atra, Ov. M. 7, 260: aliquid in aqua, Vitr. 1, 5: quoad intinguntur calami, morantur manum (in writing on parchment), Quint. 10, 3, 31.—

II In partic.

A To dip in sauce or pickle; to pickle , preserve : omnibus, quae condiuntur, quaeque intinguntur, Plin. 20, 17, 72, § 185.—

B To baptize , Tert. Poenit. 6 fin.

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