in-tingo

I. to dip in.

I. In gen.: brassicam in acetum, Cato, R. R. 156: buccas rubricā cerā omne corpus intinxti tibi, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 39: faces in fossa sanguinis atra, Ov. M. 7, 260: aliquid in aqua, Vitr. 1, 5: quoad intinguntur calami, morantur manum (in writing on parchment), Quint. 10, 3, 31.—

II. In partic.

A. To dip in sauce or pickle; to pickle, preserve: omnibus, quae condiuntur, quaeque intinguntur, Plin. 20, 17, 72, § 185.—

B. To baptize, Tert. Poenit. 6 fin.