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Galician

Verb

cingo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cinguir

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃin.ɡo/
  • Rhymes: -inɡo
  • Hyphenation: cìn‧go

Verb

cingo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cingere

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Italic *kengō, from a Proto-Indo-European *kenk- (“to gird, tie”). Possibly related to Lithuanian kinkýti (“to bridle horses”) and Sanskrit कञ्च् (kañc, “to bind”), कञ्चुक (kañcuka, “armor”); however, these terms present phonetic problems regarding their cognacy.

Pronunciation

Verb

cingō (present infinitive cingere, perfect active cinxī, supine cinctum); third conjugation

  1. to surround, circle, ring, encircle
  2. to gird on; to crown or garland

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cingō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cingō cingis cingit cingimus cingitis cingunt
imperfect cingēbam cingēbās cingēbat cingēbāmus cingēbātis cingēbant
future cingam cingēs cinget cingēmus cingētis cingent
perfect cinxī cinxistī cinxit cinximus cinxistis cinxērunt,
cinxēre
pluperfect cinxeram cinxerās cinxerat cinxerāmus cinxerātis cinxerant
future perfect cinxerō cinxeris cinxerit cinxerimus cinxeritis cinxerint
passive present cingor cingeris,
cingere 		cingitur cingimur cingiminī cinguntur
imperfect cingēbar cingēbāris,
cingēbāre 		cingēbātur cingēbāmur cingēbāminī cingēbantur
future cingar cingēris,
cingēre 		cingētur cingēmur cingēminī cingentur
perfect cinctus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cinctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cinctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cingam cingās cingat cingāmus cingātis cingant
imperfect cingerem cingerēs cingeret cingerēmus cingerētis cingerent
perfect cinxerim cinxerīs cinxerit cinxerīmus cinxerītis cinxerint
pluperfect cinxissem cinxissēs cinxisset cinxissēmus cinxissētis cinxissent
passive present cingar cingāris,
cingāre 		cingātur cingāmur cingāminī cingantur
imperfect cingerer cingerēris,
cingerēre 		cingerētur cingerēmur cingerēminī cingerentur
perfect cinctus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cinctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — cinge — — cingite —
future — cingitō cingitō — cingitōte cinguntō
passive present — cingere — — cingiminī —
future — cingitor cingitor — — cinguntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present cingere cingī cingēns —
future cinctūrum esse cinctum īrī cinctūrus cingendus,
cingundus
perfect cinxisse cinctum esse — cinctus
future perfect — cinctum fore — —
perfect potential cinctūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cingendī cingendō cingendum cingendō cinctum cinctū

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cingō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 114

Further reading

  • “cingo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cingo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cingo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to surround a town with a rampart and fosse: oppidum cingere vallo et fossa
    • to be surrounded by the superior force of the enemy: multitudine hostium cingi
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