cinctis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cinctus, cincta, cinctum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
surrounded/encircled; surrounded (by friends/people/enemy); bordered, enclosed;; having one's dress girt in special way; fastened round; [w/alte => for action];
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all) - Entry →cingo, cingere, cinxi, cinctus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
surround/encircle/ring; enclose; beleaguer; accompany; gird, equip; ring (tree);
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →cinctum, cincti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
girdle, method of girding clothes; crown/garland; belt;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...transuerso, quod "limum" appellatur, qui magistratibus' inquit 'praeministrabant, cincti erant.' Si quis autem est, qui propterea putat probabilius..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Latum habentium clavum modus est ut sit paulum cinctis summissior. Ipsam togam rutundam esse et apte caesam velim..."Liber II
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...prospectat Siculum et respicit Tuscum mare,ex alte cinctis unus atriensibus,cui tunica ab umeris linteo Pelusioerat destricta..."Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...tenebras altum caligine caelum. ter circum accensos cincti fulgentibus armis decurrere rogos, ter maestum funeris ignem lustravere..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...iamque sacerdotes primusque Potitius ibant pellibus in morem cincti, flammasque ferebant. instaurant epulas et mensae grata secundae dona..."Liber XXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...movendis armis satis spatii esset, corona hostium cincti ad multum diei caeduntur; exigua pars eruptione facta siluas..."Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...Contra Langobardos paucitas nobilitat: plurimis ac valentissimis nationibus cincti non per obsequium, sed proeliis ac periclitando tuti sunt..."
