cingo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃin.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -inɡo
• Hyphenation: cìn‧go

Verb

cingo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cingere

Anagrams

• Cigno, cigno, cogni, congi

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kenk-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkin.ɡoː/, [ˈkɪŋɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃin.ɡo/, [ˈt͡ʃiŋɡo]

Verb

cingō (present infinitive cingere, perfect active cīnxī, supine cīnctum); third conjugation

1. I surround, circle, ring.
2. I gird on; I crown or garland

Conjugation

Conjugation of cingō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cingō	cingis	cingit	cingimus	cingitis	cingunt
	imperfect	cingēbam	cingēbās	cingēbat	cingēbāmus	cingēbātis	cingēbant
	future	cingam	cingēs	cinget	cingēmus	cingētis	cingent
	perfect	cīnxī	cīnxistī	cīnxit	cīnximus	cīnxistis	cīnxērunt, cīnxēre
	pluperfect	cīnxeram	cīnxerās	cīnxerat	cīnxerāmus	cīnxerātis	cīnxerant
	future perfect	cīnxerō	cīnxeris	cīnxerit	cīnxerimus	cīnxeritis	cīnxerint
passive	present	cingor	cingeris, cingere	cingitur	cingimur	cingiminī	cinguntur
	imperfect	cingēbar	cingēbāris, cingēbāre	cingēbātur	cingēbāmur	cingēbāminī	cingēbantur
	future	cingar	cingēris, cingēre	cingētur	cingēmur	cingēminī	cingentur
	perfect	cīnctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cīnctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cīnctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cingam	cingās	cingat	cingāmus	cingātis	cingant
	imperfect	cingerem	cingerēs	cingeret	cingerēmus	cingerētis	cingerent
	perfect	cīnxerim	cīnxerīs	cīnxerit	cīnxerīmus	cīnxerītis	cīnxerint
	pluperfect	cīnxissem	cīnxissēs	cīnxisset	cīnxissēmus	cīnxissētis	cīnxissent
passive	present	cingar	cingāris, cingāre	cingātur	cingāmur	cingāminī	cingantur
	imperfect	cingerer	cingerēris, cingerēre	cingerētur	cingerēmur	cingerēminī	cingerentur
	perfect	cīnctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cīnctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cinge	—	—	cingite	—
	future	—	cingitō	cingitō	—	cingitōte	cinguntō
passive	present	—	cingere	—	—	cingiminī	—
	future	—	cingitor	cingitor	—	—	cinguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cingere	cīnxisse	cīnctūrum esse	cingī	cīnctum esse	cīnctum īrī
participles		cingēns	—	cīnctūrus	—	cīnctus	cingendus, cingundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cingendī	cingendō	cingendum	cingendō	cīnctum	cīnctū

Derived terms

• cinctura
• cinctus
• cingulum
• discingō
• incingō
• recingo

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: tsingu, tsindziri
• Asturian: ciñir, cinguir, cincer
• Catalan: cenyir
• French: ceindre
• Friulian: cenzi, cengi
• Italian: cingere

• Norman: cheindre (Jersey)
• Occitan: cénher, cénger
• Portuguese: cingir
• Romanian: cinge, cingere
• Sardinian: chinghere
• Spanish: ceñir

References

• “cingo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cingo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cingo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to surround a town with a rampart and fosse: oppidum cingere vallo et fossa
    
  • to be surrounded by the superior force of the enemy: multitudine hostium cingi