cinge
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);
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...tibi. 10 I, felix rosa, mollibusque sertis nostri cinge comas Apollinaris. Quas tu nectere candidas, sed olim..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...suam fugiens, ibi te uideat: beneficiis illum tuis cinge. Quorum quae uis quaeue proprietas sit, dicam, si prius..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...exemptum mediis Aurora uidebit, haec iubeo perferre duci: cinge aggere portas, tela noua, fragiles aeuo circum inspice muros..."Ecloga VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...omnia possumus omnes. "Effer aquam, et molli cinge haec altaria uitta, uerbenasque adole pinguis et mascula tura, coniugis..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...virum virginem, o Hymenaee Hymen, o Hymen Hymenaee; cinge tempora floribus suave olentis amaraci, flammeum cape laetus..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...hoste fuit. I nunc, magnificos victor molire triumphos, cinge comam lauro votaque redde Iovi, quaeque tuos currus comitantum..."