cincto
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. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - 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. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →cinctum, cincti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
girdle, method of girding clothes; crown/garland; belt;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...inquit "maluissem vos togatos esse; si pigitum est, cinctos saltem esse et paenulatos. Sed si hic vester huiusmodi..."Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...prompta mens tam in Persas quam in alte cinctos cadit. Non est ergo quod exigas excerpta et repetita..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...concitant, nisi aut servos viderint aut statores altius cinctos. Arena aliquas accendit, aut perfusus pulvere mulio, aut histrio..."Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Claudius triremis quadriremisque et undeviginti hominum milia armavit, cincto ratibus ambitu, ne vaga effugia forent, ac tamen spatium..."Liber VII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...etiam in litteris nostris, plures cultu pagano quos cinctos et armatos, et quidem ardentissimo ingenio, diligenter scrutatus invenies..."
