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cingo, xi, nctum, 3, v. a. [cf. Gr kullos, kurtos;

Lat. curvus, and clingo,

Curt. Griech. Etym. p. 545 sq. ], to go round in a circle, to surround, encompass, environ, gird, wreathe, crown, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop

In gen.:

quid autem interius mente? Cingatur igitur corpore externo,

i. e. it must be enclosed in a body, Cic. N. D 1, 11, 27:

non enim coronà consessus vester cinctus est, ut solebat,

id. Mil. 1, 1; cf.:

judicium insolitā trepidum cinxere coronă,

Luc. 1, 321;

tris (navīs) Eurus... Inhdit vadis atque aggere cingit harenae,

Verg. A 1, 112: cincta serpentibus Hydra, id. ib 7, 658: pennae ritu coepere volucrum Cingere utrumque latus, to cover, Ov M. 6, 718, apio fasces et secto cingere porro, Col. 10, 371.—

Esp.

To surround the body with a girdle, to gird on (the sword), to gird; esp. freq in pass. with abl., to be girded, encircled with something. iam quasi zonā, liene cinctus ambulo, Plaut Curc. 2, 1, 5; Curt. 3, 3, 19; cf.:

cui lati clavi jus erit, ita cingatur, ut, etc.,

Quint. 11, 3, 138:

ut cingeretur fluxiore cincturā,

Suet. Caes. 45:

Hispano cingitur gladio,

Liv. 7, 10, 5; 38, 21, 13; Suet. Calig 49:

ferro,

id. Aug. 35: ense, Ov F. 2, 13: cingor fulgentibus armis, Verg A. 2, 749; 11, 188, 11, 536; his cingi telis, id ib. 2, 520: ense latus cingit, Ov F. 2, 784; cf. Stat. Th. 4, 41:

cinctas resolvite vestes, Ov M. 1, 382. filios balteis,

Vulg. Lev 8, 13.— Poet., in pass with acc. (cf. accingor, II., and Zumpt, Gr §

458): inutile ferrum Cingitur,

Verg. A. 2, 511: cinctaeque ad pectora vestes Bracchia docta movent, Ov M. 6, 59.—Without case: Syrinx, Ov M. 1, 695;

puer alte cinctus,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 10.—Hence, in late Lat. cinctus = armis instructus, armatus, armed, equipped, enrolled:

cinctus in aliā militiā,

Dig. 39, 1, 38; cf. ib. 39, 1, 25.—As a girding up of the Roman dress was necessary in pursuits requiring physical action, hence, cingor (cf accingor), to make one ' s self ready for any thing, to prepare:

cingitur, certe expedit se,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 152;

cingitur ipse furens certatim in proelia Turnus,

Verg. A. 11, 486; cf.

supra,

Quint. 11, 3, 138; Hor S. 2, 8, 10; Ov. M. 6, 59.—

To encircle with a garland or crown, to crown (freq., esp in the poets).

Of the head:

muralique caput summum cinxere coronā,

Lucr. 2, 607; cf.

Ov A. A. 3, 392 tempora floribus,

Hor. C. 3, 25, 20;

Verg A. 5, 71: spicis,

Tib. 2, 1, 4 et saep.:

comam lauro,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 16; cf.:

Graias barbara vitta comas,

Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 78; Verg. A. 12, 163: de tenero cingite flore caput, Ov F 3, 254.— Poet.:

Atlantis, cinctum assidue cui nubibus atris Piniferum caput et vento pulsatur et imbri,

Verg. A. 4, 248; 7, 658; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 61.—

To encircle other parts of the body:

cujus lacertos anuli mei cingant,

Mart. 11, 100, 2.—

Of places, to surround, encircle, invest, enclose (the prevailing signif. in prose, esp. in the histt.; syn.: circumdo, claudo): (Tellus) oras maris undique cingens, Lucr. 6, 633; Cat. 64, 185; 64, 286:

flumen Dubis paene totum oppidum cingit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38 provincia mari cincta, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

urbe portus ipse cingitur et continetur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96 Zumpt:

quod moenibus cingebatur,

Tac. A. 13, 41:

quae (terra) magnā ex parte cingitur fluctibus, speciem insulae praebet, etc.,

Curt. 3, 1, 13; 8, 10, 23; Ov A. A. 2, 469: cingitur insula tribus millibus passuum, i.e. has a circuit of, etc., Plin. 6, 12, 13, § 32.— Poet.:

cinxerunt aethera nimbi,

covered, Verg. A. 5, 13:

medium diem cinxere tenebrae,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 939.— Trop.;

diligentius urbem religione quam ipsis moenibus cingitis,

fortify, Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94.—

In milit. lang., to surround a place or army for defence or in a hostile manner, to fortify, to invest, be set, besiege:

coronā militum cincta urbs,

Liv. 7, 27, 7: castra vallo, id 7, 39, 8 equites cornua cinxere. covered, id. 23, 29, 3:

ultimum agmen validā manu,

to cover, Curt. 4, 13, 30:

urbem obsidione,

to besieye, Verg. A. 3, 52;

dextera cingitur amni,

id. ib. 9, 469:

(hostem) stationibus in modum obsidii,

Tac. A. 6, 34:

cingi ab armis hostium,

Ov. P. 2, 8, 69; Tib. 2, 3, 37, Prop. 3 (4), 3, 42.—Trop Sicilia multis undique cincta persons. Cio. Imp. Pomp 11, 30.—

To escort, to accompany inermi item regi praetor Achaeorum et unus ex purpuratis latus cingebant, Liv 32, 39, 8:

dum latus sancti cingit tibi turba senatus, Ov P. 4, 9, 17: nec noscitur ulli, Agminibus comitum qui mode cinctus erat,

id. Tr. 1, 5, 30:

cincta virgo matrum catervā, id M. 12, 216, Vell 2, 14, 1,

Tac. A. 1, 77;

Sil 4, 448,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 322 —

To peel off the bark around:

cingere est deglabrare,

Dig. 47, 7, 6 Pr, cf. Plin 17, 24, 37, § 234 sqq.

cōmo, mpsi (msi), mptum (mtum), 3, v. a. [co- (i. e. con) and emo; cf.: demo, promo].

To bring together, form, frame, construct (Lucretian):

dum perspicis omnem Naturam rerum quā constet compta figurā,

Lucr. 1, 950 Munro ad loc.:

nunc ea quo pacto inter sese mixta quibusque compta modis vigeant,

id. 3, 259:

quibus e rebus cum corpore compta vigeret (animi natura), Quove modo distracta rediret in ordia prima,

id. 4, 27.—

To care for, take care of.

Prop., in the class. per. usu. of the care of the hair, to comb, arrange, braid, dress; absol.:

amica dum comit dumque se exornat,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 19:

capillos,

Cic. Pis. 11, 25; Verg. A. 10, 832:

nitidum caput,

Tib. 1, 8, 16:

caput in gradus atque anulos,

Quint. 12, 10, 47:

comas acu,

id. 2, 5, 12:

comas hasta recurva,

Ov. F. 2, 560:

capillos dente secto,

Mart. 12, 83.— Transf. to the person:

sacerdos Fronde super galeam et felici comptus olivā,

wreathed, Verg. A. 7, 751:

Tisiphone serpentibus undique compta,

id. Cul. 218:

pueri praecincti et compti,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 70:

longas compta puella comas,

Ov. Am. 1, 1, 20.—

In partic., to adorn, deck, ornament:

corpora si quis vulsa atque fucata muliebriter comat,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

19: colla genasque,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 110:

vultus,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 337:

vestes et cingula manu,

id. VI. Cons. Hon. 525.—

Transf. of things:

vittā comptos praetendere ramos,

Verg. A. 8, 128: colus compta, i. e. furnished or adorned with wool, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194.—

Trop., to deck, adorn:

Cleopatra simulatum compta dolorem,

Luc. 10, 83.—Esp. freq. of rhet. ornament:

non quia comi expolirique non debeat (oratio),

Quint. 8, 3, 42; cf.:

linguae orationisque comendae gratiā,

Gell. 1, 9, 10.—Hence, comptus ( - mtus), a, um, P. a., adorned, ornamented, decked:

juvenes ut femina compti,

Ov. H. 4, 75:

anima mundissima atque comptissima,

Aug. Quant. Anim. 33.—But usu. of discourse, embellished, elegant:

compta et mitis oratio,

Cic. Sen. 9, 28 (al. composita):

comptior sermo,

Tac. H. 1, 19:

(Vinicius) comptae facundiae,

id. A. 6, 15.— Transf. to the person:

Isocrates in diverso genere dicendi nitidus et comptus,

Quint. 10, 1, 79. — Adv.: comptē ( comt-), with ornament, elegantly, only trop.:

compte disserere,

Sen. Ep. 75, 6:

agere rem,

Gell. 7, 3, 52.—

* Comp.:

comptius dicere,

Gell. 7, 3, 53.— Sup., Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66, acc. to Ritschl (al. comissime).

cŏmo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [coma].

Neutr., to be furnished with hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Paul. Nol. 28, 246.—But freq. cŏmans, antis, P. a.

Having long hair, hairy, covered with hair ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

colla equorum,

Verg. A. 12, 86; cf.:

equus florā et comante jubā,

Gell. 3, 9, 3:

equae,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

tori,

Verg. A. 12, 6:

crines,

Sil. 16, 59:

saetae hircorum,

Verg. G. 3, 312; cf.:

pellis comata villis,

Val. Fl. 8, 122:

galea = cristata,

crested, plumed, Verg. A. 2, 391; cf.

cristae,

id. ib. 3, 468.—

Transf., of growths, etc., resembling hair:

stella,

having a radiant, hairy train, a comet, Ov. M. 15, 749:

astro comantes Tyndaridae,

ornamented with stars, Val. Fl. 5, 267:

sera comans narcissus,

that puts out leaves late, Verg. G. 4, 122:

dictamnus flore Purpureo,

id. A. 12, 413:

jugum silvae,

leafy, Val. Fl. 3, 403:

silvae,

id. 1, 429:

folia,

luxuriant, Plin. 13, 8, 16, § 59:

pinus,

Sil. 10, 550:

humus,

Stat. Th. 5, 502.—

Act., to clothe or deck with hair or something like hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Tert. Pall. 3.—Freq. (esp. in the post-Aug. per.) cŏmātus, a, um, P. a., having long hair:

tempora,

Mart. 10, 83, 13; Val. Fl. 7, 636; and subst.: cŏmā-tus, i, m., Suet. Calig. 35; Mart. 1, 73, 8; 12, 70, 9.—As adj. propr.: Gallia Comata, Transalpine Gaul (opp. togata), Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 27; Mel. 3, 2, 4; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105; Cat. 29, 3; Luc. 1, 443.— Transf.:

silva,

leafy, Cat. 4, 11.

cōmo, mpsi (msi), mptum (mtum), 3, v. a. [co- (i. e. con) and emo; cf.: demo, promo].

To bring together, form, frame, construct (Lucretian):

dum perspicis omnem Naturam rerum quā constet compta figurā,

Lucr. 1, 950 Munro ad loc.:

nunc ea quo pacto inter sese mixta quibusque compta modis vigeant,

id. 3, 259:

quibus e rebus cum corpore compta vigeret (animi natura), Quove modo distracta rediret in ordia prima,

id. 4, 27.—

To care for, take care of.

Prop., in the class. per. usu. of the care of the hair, to comb, arrange, braid, dress; absol.:

amica dum comit dumque se exornat,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 19:

capillos,

Cic. Pis. 11, 25; Verg. A. 10, 832:

nitidum caput,

Tib. 1, 8, 16:

caput in gradus atque anulos,

Quint. 12, 10, 47:

comas acu,

id. 2, 5, 12:

comas hasta recurva,

Ov. F. 2, 560:

capillos dente secto,

Mart. 12, 83.— Transf. to the person:

sacerdos Fronde super galeam et felici comptus olivā,

wreathed, Verg. A. 7, 751:

Tisiphone serpentibus undique compta,

id. Cul. 218:

pueri praecincti et compti,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 70:

longas compta puella comas,

Ov. Am. 1, 1, 20.—

In partic., to adorn, deck, ornament:

corpora si quis vulsa atque fucata muliebriter comat,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

19: colla genasque,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 110:

vultus,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 337:

vestes et cingula manu,

id. VI. Cons. Hon. 525.—

Transf. of things:

vittā comptos praetendere ramos,

Verg. A. 8, 128: colus compta, i. e. furnished or adorned with wool, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194.—

Trop., to deck, adorn:

Cleopatra simulatum compta dolorem,

Luc. 10, 83.—Esp. freq. of rhet. ornament:

non quia comi expolirique non debeat (oratio),

Quint. 8, 3, 42; cf.:

linguae orationisque comendae gratiā,

Gell. 1, 9, 10.—Hence, comptus ( - mtus), a, um, P. a., adorned, ornamented, decked:

juvenes ut femina compti,

Ov. H. 4, 75:

anima mundissima atque comptissima,

Aug. Quant. Anim. 33.—But usu. of discourse, embellished, elegant:

compta et mitis oratio,

Cic. Sen. 9, 28 (al. composita):

comptior sermo,

Tac. H. 1, 19:

(Vinicius) comptae facundiae,

id. A. 6, 15.— Transf. to the person:

Isocrates in diverso genere dicendi nitidus et comptus,

Quint. 10, 1, 79. — Adv.: comptē ( comt-), with ornament, elegantly, only trop.:

compte disserere,

Sen. Ep. 75, 6:

agere rem,

Gell. 7, 3, 52.—

* Comp.:

comptius dicere,

Gell. 7, 3, 53.— Sup., Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66, acc. to Ritschl (al. comissime).

cŏmo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [coma].

Neutr., to be furnished with hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Paul. Nol. 28, 246.—But freq. cŏmans, antis, P. a.

Having long hair, hairy, covered with hair ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

colla equorum,

Verg. A. 12, 86; cf.:

equus florā et comante jubā,

Gell. 3, 9, 3:

equae,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

tori,

Verg. A. 12, 6:

crines,

Sil. 16, 59:

saetae hircorum,

Verg. G. 3, 312; cf.:

pellis comata villis,

Val. Fl. 8, 122:

galea = cristata,

crested, plumed, Verg. A. 2, 391; cf.

cristae,

id. ib. 3, 468.—

Transf., of growths, etc., resembling hair:

stella,

having a radiant, hairy train, a comet, Ov. M. 15, 749:

astro comantes Tyndaridae,

ornamented with stars, Val. Fl. 5, 267:

sera comans narcissus,

that puts out leaves late, Verg. G. 4, 122:

dictamnus flore Purpureo,

id. A. 12, 413:

jugum silvae,

leafy, Val. Fl. 3, 403:

silvae,

id. 1, 429:

folia,

luxuriant, Plin. 13, 8, 16, § 59:

pinus,

Sil. 10, 550:

humus,

Stat. Th. 5, 502.—

Act., to clothe or deck with hair or something like hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Tert. Pall. 3.—Freq. (esp. in the post-Aug. per.) cŏmātus, a, um, P. a., having long hair:

tempora,

Mart. 10, 83, 13; Val. Fl. 7, 636; and subst.: cŏmā-tus, i, m., Suet. Calig. 35; Mart. 1, 73, 8; 12, 70, 9.—As adj. propr.: Gallia Comata, Transalpine Gaul (opp. togata), Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 27; Mel. 3, 2, 4; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105; Cat. 29, 3; Luc. 1, 443.— Transf.:

silva,

leafy, Cat. 4, 11.

lăcertus, i, m., the muscular part of the arm, from the shoulder to the elbow, the upper arm.

Lit., opp. bracchium, the forearm, Lucr. 4, 829; cf.:

laudat digitosque manusque, Bracchiaque et nudos mediā plus parte lacertos,

Ov. M. 1, 501; and:

subjecta lacertis brachia sunt,

id. ib. 14, 304; cf. also Quint. 8 prooem. 19:

brachia quoque et lacertos auro colunt,

Curt. 8, 9, 21.—

Transf.

The arm (esp. as brawny, muscular):

nam scutum gladium galeam in onere nostri milites non plus numerant quam umeros, lacertos, manus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:

Milo Crotoniates nobilitatus ex lateribus et lacertis suis,

Cic. de Sen. 9, 27:

excusso lacerto telum torquere,

Sen. Ben. 2, 6; Prop. 2, 18 (3, 15), 37:

lacertos collo imponere,

Ov. H. 16, 219:

lacerto jaculari,

id. Am. 3, 12, 27:

amplecti,

id. ib. 3, 8, 11:

candida cingantur colla lacertis,

id. A. A. 2, 457:

laevus,

Verg. A. 11, 693; Hor. S. 1, 6, 74:

adducto contortum hastile lacerto immittit,

Verg. A. 11, 561:

secto requiem sperare lacerto,

Juv. 6, 106. —Of bees:

spicula exacuunt rostris, aptantque lacertos,

i. e. make trial of, Verg. G. 4, 74.—

Transf.

A blow or cast from a strong arm, Sil. 16, 562; 1, 262.—

Trop., muscular power, muscle, strength, military force:

in Lysia saepe sunt lacerti, sic ut fieri nihil possit valentius,

Cic. Brut. 16, 64:

hastas oratoris lacertis viribusque torquere,

id. de Or. 1, 57, 242:

me civilis tulit aestus in arma, Caesaris Augusti non responsura lacertis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 48;

Flor. prooem. § 8: viribus confisus admirandisque lacertis,

Juv. 10, 11.

lăcertus, i, a lizard; a sea-fish; v. lacerta.

quā̆dro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [quadrus].

Act., to make four-cornered, to square, make square:

abies atque populus ad unguem quadrantur,

Col. 11, 2, 13:

lapides,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 5, 17.—

Transf., to put in proper order, to join properly together, to complete, perfect:

quadrandae orationis industria,

in properly arranging, Cic. Or. 58, 197:

quae pars quadrat acervum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 35 Orell. ad loc. —

Neutr. ( to be square, said of squared stones for building, which fit well together; hence), transf., to square or agree with, to fit, suit:

secto via limite quadret,

Verg. G. 2, 278:

eam conjunctionem quadrare volumus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 175:

omnia in istam quadrant,

fit her, id. Cael. 29, 69:

ad multa,

to suit in many respects, id. Att. 4, 18:

quoniam tibi ita quadrat,

it seems to you so proper, pleases you so, id. Brut. 11, 43.—

Trop.

Of accounts, to square, agree, accord:

quomodo sexcenta eodem modo quadrarint,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92: visum est hoc mihi ad multa quadrare. id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3).—

Of words, to be fitting, appropriate:

scire, quod quoque loco verborum maxime quadret,

Quint. 9, 4, 60.— Hence, quā̆drātus, a, um, P. a.

In gen., squared, square, quadrate (class.): quadrata basis, Varr. ap. Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91: pes, a square foot, Plin, 33, 4, 21, § 75; Col. 5, 1, 6; 5, 2, 5:

saxum,

squared, hewn stone, Liv. 10, 23; so, lapis, Varr. ap. Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91: littera, capital letters, which are composed of square strokes, Petr. 29:

statura,

square, robust, Suet. Vesp. 20:

corpus,

Cels. 2, 1:

boves,

stout, vigorous, Col. 6, 1, 3:

canis,

id. 7, 12, 4:

signa,

i.e. statues, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 56: agmen, a marching in regular order of battle; also, an army advancing in regular order of battle, so that the whole body forms a parallelogram, Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 121:

quadratum acies consistat in agmen,

Tib. 4 (5), 1, 100:

ut inde agmine quadrato ad urbem accederet,

in order of battle, Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 18; 2, 42, 108; Hirt. B. G. 8, 8; Liv. 21, 5, 16; Curt. 5, 1, 19; Sen. Ep. 59, 6:

quadrato agmine incedere,

Sall. J. 100, 1; v. agmen; cf.: quadrato Exercitu, Cat. ap. Non. p. 204, 33:

pallium,

square, four-cornered, Petr. 135:

numerus,

a square number, Gell. 1, 20, 4:

versus,

a verse of eight feet, id. 2, 29, 20: Roma, the most ancient Rome, built in the form of a square, on the Mons Palatinus; and, in a narrower sense, the enclosed square place on the summit of the Palatine, the mundus of all cities built in the Etruscan fashion, Fest. p. 258 Müll.; cf. on the Roma quadrata, Becker, Alterth. 1, p. 105 sq. —

quā̆drātum, i, n.

A [p. 1501] square, a quadrate:

dimensio quadrati,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57; id. N. D. 1, 10, 24:

mutat quadrata rotundis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 100:

in quadratum,

into a square, tetragon, Plin. 18, 22, 51, § 189; Quint. 1, 10, 40.—

Astronom. t. t., quadrature, quartile, Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89:

luna in quadrato solis dividua est,

Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80.—

quā̆drātus, i, m., a square, quadrate:

marmorum quadrati,

Cassiod. Var. 2, 7. —

Transf., fitting, suitable (rare):

lenis et quadrata verborum compositio,

Quint. 2, 5, 9; cf. id. 9, 4, 69. — Hence, adv.: quā̆drātē, fourfold, four times (post-class.), Manil. 2, 295.