Tingis

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Tingis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tingidae – typical lace bugs.

References

• “Tingis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Tingis (bug) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tingis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Tingis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Alternative forms

• Tigis, Tigisis

Etymology

From Punic 𐤕𐤍𐤂 (tng). This name could be related to the name of the city Tinghir. Possibly cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⴰⵏ (tan, “place of”), and Kabyle ɣer (“to call”), thus "port of call". More at Tangier.

Attestations in Latin of the shape of the original name, without the added desinence of -is, include Tinge (by Pomponius Mela) and Tingi (by Pliny the Elder).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtin.ɡis/, [ˈt̪ɪŋɡɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtin.d͡ʒis/, [ˈt̪in̠ʲd͡ʒis]

Proper noun

Tingis f sg (genitive Tingis); third declension

1. Tangier

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tingis
Genitive	Tingis
Dative	Tingī
Accusative	Tingem
Ablative	Tinge
Vocative	Tingis
Locative	Tingī Tinge

Derived terms

• Tingitānus

References

• “Tinge”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Tingis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Tingis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly