cinctus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːnk.tus/, [ˈkiːŋkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate 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
• French: ceint
• Occitan: cench
• Italian: cinto

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• (post-Classical) cīnctum

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

Related terms

• cinctūra

Descendants

• Catalan: cinta (from feminine)
• Galician: cinto, cinta (from feminine)
• Italian: cinto, cinta (from feminine)
• Occitan: cencha (from feminine)
• Old Galician-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