succinctus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perfect passive participle of succingō (“tuck up, gird”), formally sub- + cīnctus.
Participle[edit]
succīnctus (feminine succīncta, neuter succīnctum); first/second-declension participle
- girded, belted, girdled (having one's clothes gathered up by a belt or sim.)
- clothed in a garment fitted with a belt
- (figurative) tucked up and ready, girded up, prepared for action
- (figurative) concise, succinct
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | succīnctus | succīncta | succīnctum | succīnctī | succīnctae | succīncta | |
| Genitive | succīnctī | succīnctae | succīnctī | succīnctōrum | succīnctārum | succīnctōrum | |
| Dative | succīnctō | succīnctō | succīnctīs | ||||
| Accusative | succīnctum | succīnctam | succīnctum | succīnctōs | succīnctās | succīncta | |
| Ablative | succīnctō | succīnctā | succīnctō | succīnctīs | |||
| Vocative | succīncte | succīncta | succīnctum | succīnctī | succīnctae | succīncta | |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “succinctus” on page 2047 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
Further reading[edit]
- “succinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- succinctus 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)
- succinctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.