tetrinnio

Latin

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic. Compare turtur.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /teˈtrin.ni.oː/, [t̪ɛˈt̪rɪnːioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /teˈtrin.ni.o/, [t̪eˈt̪rinːio]

Verb

tetrinniō (present infinitive tetrinnīre); fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. (intransitive, of ducks) to quack

Conjugation

No perfect is attested.

   Conjugation of tetrinniō (fourth conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tetrinniō	tetrinnīs	tetrinnit	tetrinnīmus	tetrinnītis	tetrinniunt
	imperfect	tetrinniēbam	tetrinniēbās	tetrinniēbat	tetrinniēbāmus	tetrinniēbātis	tetrinniēbant
	future	tetrinniam	tetrinniēs	tetrinniet	tetrinniēmus	tetrinniētis	tetrinnient
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tetrinniam	tetrinniās	tetrinniat	tetrinniāmus	tetrinniātis	tetrinniant
imperfect	tetrinnīrem	tetrinnīrēs	tetrinnīret	tetrinnīrēmus	tetrinnīrētis	tetrinnīrent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tetrinnī	—	—	tetrinnīte	—
	future	—	tetrinnītō	tetrinnītō	—	tetrinnītōte	tetrinniuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tetrinnīre	—	—	—	—	—
participles		tetrinniēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tetrinniendī	tetrinniendō	tetrinniendum	tetrinniendō	—	—

References

• “tetrinnio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tetrinnio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Edward Ross Wharton (1890) Etyma Latina: An Etymological Lexicon of Classical Latin‎^[1], Indiana University, page 109