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
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."