cingulum

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cingulum (“girdle”), from cingō (“to gird”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cingulum (plural cingula or cinguli)

  1. The girdle of an alb.
  2. (neuroanatomy) A collection of white matter fibers projecting from the cingulate gyrus to the entorhinal cortex in the brain, allowing for communication between components of the limbic system.
  3. (anatomy) A ridge that girdles the base of an upper molar tooth.
  4. (zoology) A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells.
  5. (zoology) The clitellus of earthworms.

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Latin

Etymology

From cingō (“to surround, encompass; gird”) +‎ -ulum (instrument noun suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

cingulum n (genitive cingulī); second declension

  1. A girdle which encircles the hips; zone, belt; sword-belt; sash.
    Synonyms: cestus, cinctūra, cinctus, zōna
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.31.24:
      sindonem fēcit et vēndidit et cingulum trādidit Chananeō
      She made fine linen, and sold it, and delivered a girdle to the Chanaanite. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)
  2. (figuratively) A girdle of the earth; zone.
    Synonym: circulus

Usage notes

Often found as a plurale tantum:

  • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid I.492:
    aurea subnectens exsertae cingula mammae
    her golden girdle fastened beneath her exposed breasts

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative cingulum cingula
genitive cingulī cingulōrum
dative cingulō cingulīs
accusative cingulum cingula
ablative cingulō cingulīs
vocative cingulum cingula

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Descendants

Many via the plural cingula.

References

  • “cingulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cingulum 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)
  • cingulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “cingulum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “cingulum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • “cingulum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

cingulum n (definite singular cingulumet, indefinite plural cingulum, definite plural cinguluma)

  1. cingulum
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