praecinctura
From LSJ
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
praecinctūra: ae, f. id.,
I a girding, girdle, Macr. S. 2, 3; Vitr. 10, 21 Schneid. N. cr.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
præcīnctūra, æ, f., enceinte : Vitr. Arch. 10, 15, 6
