cinxerunt
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. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...gubernator puppi Palinurus ab alta: 'heu quianam tanti cinxerunt aethera nimbi? quidve, pater Neptune, paras?' sic deinde locutus..."Liber XXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...patere aditum. auctore ac duce perfuga Bruttii corona cinxerunt urbem acceptique ab plebe primo impetu omnem praeter arcem..."