cingens
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);
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
- M
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...agger. lucus erat longo numquam uiolatus ab aeuoobscurum cingens conexis aera ramis 400et gelidas alte summotis solibus umbras.hunc..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...corpore tellus est et coniunctast oras maris undique cingens, debet, ut in mare de terris venit umor aquai..." - L
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...hominesque premat deforme chaos, iterum terras et mare cingens et uaga picti sidera mundi natura tegat. Non aeternae..." - L
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...leuis armata ferro cornus aut longo latus mucrone cingens ensis aut crista procul galeae micantes: tela faciebat dolor..." - P
Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...maximus orbis auctorem frugum tempestatumque potentem accipiat cingens materna tempora myrto; an deus immensi uenias maris..." - P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...cycnorum labentibus audit in undis. silva coronat aquas cingens latus omne suisque frondibus ut velo Phoebeos submovet ictus..." - G
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...mirabili planitie patet milia passuum XV; quem iugum cingens a mari ortum neque ita praealtum velut theatri efficit..."