praecinctus
From LSJ
Ἀλλ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
praecinctus: a, um, Part., from praecingo.
praecinctus: ūs, m. praecingo,
I a girding.
I Lit. (ante-class.): castula est palliolum praecinctui, Varr. ap. Non. 548, 30.—
II Transf., in gen., a dressing, dress (post-class.): in praecinctu ponens omnem decorem, Macr. S. 2, 9.
