ringor

Latin

Etymology

Unknown. It may well be a pre-Latin but post-Proto-Indo-European onomatopoeic formation, compare Ancient Greek ῥέγκω (rhénkō, “to snore”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈrin.ɡor/, [ˈrɪŋɡɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrin.ɡor/, [ˈriŋɡor]

Verb

ringor (present infinitive ringī); third conjugation, deponent

1. to snarl
2. to be vexed, angry

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ringor (third conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ringor	ringeris, ringere	ringitur	ringimur	ringiminī	ringuntur
	imperfect	ringēbar	ringēbāris, ringēbāre	ringēbātur	ringēbāmur	ringēbāminī	ringēbantur
	future	ringar	ringēris, ringēre	ringētur	ringēmur	ringēminī	ringentur
	perfect	rictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	rictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	rictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ringar	ringāris, ringāre	ringātur	ringāmur	ringāminī	ringantur
	imperfect	ringerer	ringerēris, ringerēre	ringerētur	ringerēmur	ringerēminī	ringerentur
	perfect	rictus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	rictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ringere	—	—	ringiminī	—
	future	—	ringitor	ringitor	—	—	ringuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ringī	rictum esse	rictūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		ringēns	rictus	rictūrus	—	—	ringendus, ringundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ringendī	ringendō	ringendum	ringendō	rictum	rictū

Derived terms

• rictō
• rictus

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *ringulāre
  • Italian: ringhiare

Reflexes of an assumed variant *ringīre:

• Catalan: renyir
• Friulian: réndzi
• Old Galician-Portuguese: renger
  • Galician: renxer
  • Portuguese: ranger
• Portuguese: renhir
• Romanian: rânji = rîngi
• Spanish: reñir

References

• “ringor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ringor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “ringor”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 436