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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of vinciō (“bind, tie”).
Participle
vīnctus (feminine vīncta, neuter vīnctum); first/second-declension participle
- bound, tied up, having been tied up
- laced, fastened, having been fastened
- surrounded, guarded, having been surrounded
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “vinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vinctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- poetical rhythm: numerus poetice vinctus