cingant
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);
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...amicam nolo, Flacce, subtilem, cujus lacertos anuli mei cingant, quae clune nudo radat et genu pungat, cui serra..."Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...longo pulvere sudet eques, Strataque non unas cingant triclinia Baias Et Thetis unguento palleat uncta tuo, Candida Setini..."Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...sapis, Assyrio semper tibi crinis amomo splendeat et cingant florea serta caput; candida nigrescant uetulo crystalla Falerno..."