cinctus

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkiːnk.tus/, [ˈkiːŋkt̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃink.tus/, [ˈt͡ʃiŋkt̪us]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of cingō.

Participle

cīnctus (feminine cīncta, neuter cīnctum); 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.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cīnctus cīncta cīnctum cīnctī cīnctae cīncta
Genitive cīnctī cīnctae cīnctī cīnctōrum cīnctārum cīnctōrum
Dative cīnctō cīnctō cīnctīs
Accusative cīnctum cīnctam cīnctum cīnctōs cīnctās cīncta
Ablative cīnctō cīnctā cīnctō cīnctīs
Vocative cīncte cīncta cīnctum cīnctī cīnctae cīncta
Descendants
  • Aromanian: tsimtu
  • Catalan: cint
  • French: ceint
  • Occitan: cench
  • Italian: cinto

Alternative forms

Noun

cīnctus m (genitive cīnctūs); fourth declension

  1. girdle, belt
    Synonym: zōna
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cīnctus cīnctūs
Genitive cīnctūs cīnctuum
Dative cīnctuī cīnctibus
Accusative cīnctum cīnctūs
Ablative cīnctū cīnctibus
Vocative cīnctus cīnctūs
Descendants

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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