I.a. [root tan-; cf.: tono, tonitru], to ring, chink, clink, jingle, tinkle, tingle.
I. Lit.: “tinniit tintinnabulum,” Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 162: tinnit hastilibus umbo, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 432 Vahl.): “apes tinniendo aere perterritas perducet,” Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 30: (Graeci) n (litteram) jucundam et in fine praecipue quasi tinnientem illius (m litterae) loco ponunt, Quint. 12, 10, 31 (cf. retinnit, Cic. Brut. 46, 171): nec tibi dubito in foro diu tinnisse auriculas, have tingled, M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 5 Mai; cf. tinnitus.—
II. Transf.
A. Colloq., to clink money, i. e. to pay: “exspecto maxime, ecquid Dolabella tinniat,” Cic. Att. 14, 21, 4; cf. “trop.: veri speciem dignoscere calles, Nequa subaerato mendosum tinniat auro,” ring false, give a false sound, Pers. 5, 105.—
B. To have a sharp or shrill voice, to cry, scream, sing (ante- and post-class.): “comprime te: nimium tinnis,” Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 32; id. Ps. 3, 2, 99; cf.: “tinnire canorā voce,” id. Poen. prol. 33: “aliquid se tinniturum promisit,” to sing, Suet. Ner. 20 fin.: “vere novo, cum jam tinnire volucres Incipient,” Calp. Ecl. 5, 16.
