cinctus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkink.tus/, [ˈkɪŋkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃink.tus/, [ˈt͡ʃiŋkt̪us]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of cingō.

Participle

cinctus (feminine cincta, neuter cinctum); 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	cinctus	cincta	cinctum		cinctī	cinctae	cincta
Genitive	cinctī	cinctae	cinctī		cinctōrum	cinctārum	cinctōrum
Dative	cinctō		cinctō		cinctīs
Accusative	cinctum	cinctam	cinctum		cinctōs	cinctās	cincta
Ablative	cinctō	cinctā	cinctō		cinctīs
Vocative	cincte	cincta	cinctum		cinctī	cinctae	cincta

Derived terms

• bicinctus
• cincta
• cinctus Gabīnus

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: tsimtu
• Catalan: cint
• French: ceint
• Occitan: cench
• Italian: cinto

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• cinctum (Late Latin)

Noun

cinctus m (genitive cinctūs); fourth declension

1. girdle, belt, cinch

   Synonyms: cingulum, zōna

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cinctus	cinctūs
Genitive	cinctūs	cinctuum
Dative	cinctuī	cinctibus
Accusative	cinctum	cinctūs
Ablative	cinctū	cinctibus
Vocative	cinctus	cinctūs

Derived terms

• cinctus Gabīnus

 

Related terms

• cinctūra

Descendants

(All via the late variant cinctum n, plural cincta.)

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: cinto, cinta
  • Portuguese: cinto, cinta
  • Spanish: cinto, cinta
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: cinta
  • Occitan: cinta, cencha
• Western Romance of N. Italy:
  • Friulian: cente
  • Lombard: cinta
  • Romansch: tschinta
  • Venetian: sento, senta
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: cinto, cinta
    • →? Sardinian: cintu, chintzu

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