accinctus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →accinctus, accincta, accinctum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
well girded; ready, prepared; strict (opp. negligens);
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →accingo, accingere, accinxi, accinctus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
gird on or about, surround; equip, provide (with); get ready, prepare (for);
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
XIX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...novum genus quaestionis. stabam senex furiis monstrosae feritatis accinctus, manibus exertis, hinc ignibus, hinc verberibus armatus. super..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...vertice laurus, sed viget ingenium et magnos accinctus in usus fert animus quascumque vices. nos otia vitae solamur..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...metus est, causa stimulatus utraque, quo fuit accinctus, vagina liberat ensem arreptamque coma fixis post terga lacertis vincla..."Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...nunc" inquit "nostri quoque sanguinis haustus!" quoque erat accinctus, demisit in ilia ferrum, nec mora, ferventi moriens..."Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...armis agitabantur; feruntque militem quia vallum non accinctus, atque alium quia pugione tantum accinctus foderet, morte punitos. quae..."Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...nuper Eprius Marcellus quam eloquentiam suam opposuit? Qua accinctus et minax disertam quidem, sed inexercitatam et eius modi..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...hospitia fastidium; annona, quae ceteris; ad hoc comitatus accinctus et parens: diceres magnum aliquem ducem, ac te potissimum..."