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Tinnitus
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Tin-ni′tus
,Noun.
[L., fr.
tinnire
to jingle.] (Med.)
A ringing, whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in the ears; – called also
tinnitus aurium
. Definition 2024
Tinnitus
tinnitus
tinnitus
See also: Tinnitus
English
Noun
tinnitus (plural tinnituses)
- (pathology) The perception of noise, such as a ringing or beating sound, which has no external source.
Translations
perception of nonexistent noise
Finnish
Etymology
< Latin
Noun
tinnitus
Declension
| Inflection of tinnitus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tinnitus | tinnitukset | |
| genitive | tinnituksen | tinnitusten tinnituksien |
|
| partitive | tinnitusta | tinnituksia | |
| illative | tinnitukseen | tinnituksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tinnitus | tinnitukset | |
| accusative | nom. | tinnitus | tinnitukset |
| gen. | tinnituksen | ||
| genitive | tinnituksen | tinnitusten tinnituksien |
|
| partitive | tinnitusta | tinnituksia | |
| inessive | tinnituksessa | tinnituksissa | |
| elative | tinnituksesta | tinnituksista | |
| illative | tinnitukseen | tinnituksiin | |
| adessive | tinnituksella | tinnituksilla | |
| ablative | tinnitukselta | tinnituksilta | |
| allative | tinnitukselle | tinnituksille | |
| essive | tinnituksena | tinnituksina | |
| translative | tinnitukseksi | tinnituksiksi | |
| instructive | — | tinnituksin | |
| abessive | tinnituksetta | tinnituksitta | |
| comitative | — | tinnituksineen | |
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of tinniō (“ring, jingle, clink”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tinˈniː.tus/, [tɪnˈniː.tʊs]
Participle
tinnītus m (feminine tinnīta, neuter tinnītum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | tinnītus | tinnīta | tinnītum | tinnītī | tinnītae | tinnīta | |
| genitive | tinnītī | tinnītae | tinnītī | tinnītōrum | tinnītārum | tinnītōrum | |
| dative | tinnītō | tinnītō | tinnītīs | ||||
| accusative | tinnītum | tinnītam | tinnītum | tinnītōs | tinnītās | tinnīta | |
| ablative | tinnītō | tinnītā | tinnītō | tinnītīs | |||
| vocative | tinnīte | tinnīta | tinnītum | tinnītī | tinnītae | tinnīta | |
Noun
tinnītus m (genitive tinnītūs); fourth declension
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tinnītus | tinnītūs |
| genitive | tinnītūs | tinnītuum |
| dative | tinnītuī | tinnītibus |
| accusative | tinnītum | tinnītūs |
| ablative | tinnītū | tinnītibus |
| vocative | tinnītus | tinnītūs |
Descendants
References
- tinnitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tinnitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tinnitus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.