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
- surrounded, encircled, having been surrounded
- wreathed, crowned, having been crowned
- girded, having been girded
- 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
- (post-Classical) cīnctum
Noun
cīnctus m (genitive cīnctūs); fourth declension
- 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 |
Related terms
- cinctūra
Descendants
- Catalan: cinta (from feminine)
- Galician: cinto, cinta (from feminine)
- Italian: cinto, cinta (from feminine)
- Occitan: cencha (from feminine)
- Old Portuguese: cinta (from feminine)
- Portuguese: cinto, cinta (from feminine)
- Sardinian: cintu, chintzu
- Spanish: cinto, cinta (from feminine), cincho
- Venetian: sento, senta (from feminine)
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