ningit

Latin

Alternative forms

• ninguit
• ningō/ninguō

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnin.ɡit/, [ˈnɪŋɡɪt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnin.d͡ʒit/, [ˈnin̠ʲd͡ʒit̪]

Verb

ningit (present infinitive ningere, perfect active nīnxit); third conjugation, impersonal, no passive, no supine stem

1. to snow; to be snowing

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ningit (third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal, active-only)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	—	ningit	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	ningēbat	—	—	—
	future	—	—	ninget	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	nīnxit	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	nīnxerat	—	—	—
	future perfect	—	—	nīnxerit	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	—	ningat	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	ningeret	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	nīnxerit	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	nīnxisset	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	future	—	—	ningitō	—	—	—
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ningere	nīnxisse	—	—	—	—
participles		ningēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ningendī	ningendō	ningendum	ningendō	—	—

Related terms

• nix
• nivit

Descendants

• Romanian: ninge
• Central Italian: nigne (Maceratese), nengue (Umbrian)

References

• “ningit”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ningit”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ningit in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.