cincturae
Dictionary entries
- 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);
dat. sg. fut. act. part.gen. sg. fut. act. part.nom. pl. fut. act. part.voc. pl. fut. act. part. - Entry →cinctura, cincturae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
belt; girdle; means of girding;
dat. sg.gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...quam [ut] super eum cingeretur, et quidem fluxiore cinctura; unde emanasse Sullae dictum optimates saepius admonentis, ut male..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...cruribus optime terminatur, posterior eadem portione altius qua cinctura. CXL. Sinus decentissimus si aliquo supra imam tunicam fuerit..."
