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tinnĭo (tīnĭo), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. n. and a. [root tan-; cf.: tono, tonitru], to ring, chink, clink, jingle, tinkle, tingle.

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. 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.
    2. 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.