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 stems

1. (intransitive, of ducks) to quack

Conjugation

No perfect is attested.

   Conjugation of tetrinniō (fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		tetrinnīre			—			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