cinctus

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of cingō.

Participle

cinctus (feminine cincta, neuter cinctum); first/second-declension participle

  1. surrounded, encircled, having been surrounded
  2. wreathed, crowned, having been crowned
  3. girded, having been girded
  4. bordered, enclosed, having been enclosed
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative cinctus cincta cinctum cinctī cinctae cincta
genitive cinctī cinctae cinctī cinctōrum cinctārum cinctōrum
dative cinctō cinctae cinctō cinctīs
accusative cinctum cinctam cinctum cinctōs cinctās cincta
ablative cinctō cinctā cinctō cinctīs
vocative cincte cincta cinctum cinctī cinctae cincta
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Aromanian: tsimtu
  • Catalan: cint
  • French: ceint
  • Occitan: cench
  • Italian: cinto

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

cinctus m (genitive cinctūs); fourth declension

  1. girdle, belt, cinch
    Synonyms: cingulum, zōna
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cinctus cinctūs
genitive cinctūs cinctuum
dative cinctuī cinctibus
accusative cinctum cinctūs
ablative cinctū cinctibus
vocative cinctus cinctūs
Derived terms
Descendants

(All via the late variant cinctum n, plural cincta.)

References

  • “cinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cinctus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cinctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “cinctus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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