procinctus
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prōcinctus: a, um, Part., from procingo.
prōcinctus: ūs, m. procingo, prop. a girding up; hence, transf., milit. t. t.,
I a being prepared or equipped for battle, readiness for action: procinctum, οταν εἰς πόλεμον συγκαλέσωνται, Gloss. Philox.: oratorem armatum semper ac velut in procinctu stantem, Quint. 12, 9, 21; cf. id. 10, 1, 2: neque in procinctu et castris habitos, Tac. H. 3, 2: in procinctu bellorum excubare, Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66: testamentum facere in procinctu, to make one's will on the battle-field (one of the three ways of making a will), Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228; id. N. D. 2, 3, 9; Gell. 15, 27, 2 sq.; Gai. Inst. 2, 101; Just. Inst. 2, 10.—Prov.: in procinctu habere aliquid, to have a thing ready or at hand: severitatem abditam, clementiam in procinctu habeo, Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 4; cf.: nisi in procinctu paratamque ad omnes casus habuerit eloquentiam, Quint. 10, 1, 2. —
II Transf., a military enterprise (late Lat.): et Lentiensibus indictum est bellum; ad quem procinctum imperator egressus, Amm. 15, 4, 1; 15, 9, 1.—
B Esp., a battle, an engagement: procinctu omisso, Amm. 17, 9, 1; 27, 4, 1: post procinctus ancipites, id. 27, 4, 11: in procinctu versari, Dig. 37, 13, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) procīnctus, a, um (procingo), qui est tout prêt : Gell. 1, 11, 3.
(2) prōcīnctŭs,¹⁴ ūs, m. [seulement à l’acc. et à l’abl.],
1 tenue du soldat équipé et prêt à combattre : in procinctu habere Tac. H. 3, 2, tenir sous les armes, tenir en haleine ; testamentum in procinctu Cic. de Or. 1, 228, testament fait sur le champ de bataille
2 expédition [militaire] : Amm. 15, 4, 1 || combat, engagement : Amm. 17, 9, 1
3 [fig.] in procinctu habere Quint. 10, 1, 2 ; Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 4, avoir sous la main, tenir prêt.
Latin > German (Georges)
prōcīnctus, ūs, m. (procingo), I) das Gürten, dah. vorzugsweise die Bereitschaft zum Kampfe, in procinctu, schlagfertig, Plin.: in procinctu et castris habiti, in der Übung des Fechtens erhalten, Tac.: carmina in procinctu facta, in den Waffen, Ov.: tendere ad procinctum, in die Schlacht gehen, Plin.: testamentum in procinctu facere, in dem Augenblick, wo man in das Treffen geht, Cic. – bildl., in procinctu, schlagfertig, in Bereitschaft, clementiam in procinctu habere, Sen.: in procinctu paratamque ad omnes casus habere elopuentiam, Quint.: u. im Bilde, armatus semper ac velut in procinctu stans, v. Redner, Quint.: militem Christi in procinctu semper belli positum, Cassian. – II) die Einhegung, das Gehege, scortorum duo milia cum lixis e procinctu (aus dem Gehege = der unmittelbaren Nähe) loci eius eiecta sunt, Nepotian. epit. 16, 1. p. 509, 16 Halm.
