cingantur
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. pass. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...longae nascuntur ut iis piscatores pro restibus cingantur". LXXXI. Contraria est neganti confessionis simulatio, sed ipsa quoque multum..."Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...lenta vires colligat ira mora; Candida iamdudum cingantur colla lacertis, Inque tuos flens est accipienda sinus. Oscula..."
