ninguit

Latin

Alternative forms

• ningit

Etymology

From *sni-né-gʷʰ-ti ~ *sni-n-gʷʰ-énti, nasal-infix present to Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnin.ɡʷit/, [ˈnɪŋɡʷɪt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnin.ɡwit/, [ˈniŋɡwit̪]

Verb

ninguit (present infinitive ninguere, perfect active ninxit); third conjugation, impersonal, no passive, no supine stem

1. to snow; to be snowing

Conjugation

Conjugation of ninguit (third conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	—	ninguit	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	ninguēbat	—	—	—
	future	—	—	ninguet	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	ninxit	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	ninxerat	—	—	—
	future perfect	—	—	ninxerit	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	—	ninguat	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	ningueret	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	ninxerit	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	ninxisset	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	—	—	—	—	—
	future	—	—	ninguitō	—	—	—
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ninguere	ninxisse	—	—	—	—
participles		ninguēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ninguendī	ninguendō	ninguendum	ninguendō	—	—

Descendants

• Italian (Umbrian dialect): nengue

See also

• nix
• nivō

References

• “ninguit”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ninguit in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.