succingo

Latin > English

succingo succingere, succinxi, succinctus V :: gather up with a belt or girdle; prepare for action; surround

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

suc-cingo: (subc-), nxi, nctum, 3, v. a.,
I to gird below or from below, to tuck up, gird, gird about, girdle (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; cf. subligo).
I Lit.: crure tenus medio tunicas, Juv. 6, 455: astricti succingant ilia ventres, Grat. Cyn. 271; cf.: Virginem et Leonem Anguis intortus succingit, Vitr. 9, 5 (7), 1: illa (Scylla) feris atram canibus succingitur alvum, Ov. M. 13, 732; cf. Lucr. 5, 892; Tib. 3, 4, 89: eāpse sic succincta, tucked up, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 80: amicus, Mart. 2, 46, 7: popa, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 62: cursor, Mart. 12, 24, 7: anus, Ov. M. 8, 661: Diana, id. ib. 3, 156; cf.: vestem ritu succincta Dianae, id. ib. 10, 536; 9, 89.— Poet.: succincta comas pinus, with its bare trunk, Ov. M. 10, 103; 15, 603: quis illaec est, quae lugubri Succincta est stolā, girt about, Enn. ap. Non. 198, 2 (Trag. v. 134 Vahl.): succincti gladiis mediā regione cracentes, girt about, armed, id. ap. Fest. s. v. cracentes, p. 53 (Ann. v. 497 ib.): gladio succinctus, Auct. Her. 4, 52, 65: succinctam pharetrā, Verg. A. 1, 323: pallā succincta cruenta, id. ib. 6, 555; cf. amictu, id. ib. 12,401: succincti corda machaeris, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 678 (Ann. v. 392 ib.): pugione succinctus, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 16, 33: cultro succinctus, Liv. 7, 5, 3: ferro, id. 40, 9, 12; 40, 7, 7.—
II Transf., to surround, furnish, provide, equip, fit out with any thing (syn.: saepio, circumdo): quod multo se pluribus et majoribus canibus succinxerat, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 146: frustra se terrore succinxerit, Plin. Pan. 49, 3: his animum succinge bonis, Petr. 5 fin.: succinctam latrantibus inguina monstris, Verg. E. 6, 75: Scylla rapax canibus succincta Molossis, id. Cul. 330: virgineam canibus succincta figuram, Tib. 3, 4, 89: Carthago succincta portubus, Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87: succinctus armis legionibusque, Liv. 21, 10, 4: maximarum gentium viribus, Just. 6, 1, 2: totius ferme Orientis viribus, id. 35, 1, 9: horum scientiā debet esse succinctus, Quint. 12, 5, 1: patriā papyro, Juv. 4, 24.—Hence, succinctus, a, um, P. a. (very rare and post-Aug.).
   A Prepared, ready for any thing: proni atque succincti ad omnem clausulam, Quint. 2, 2, 12.—
   B Contracted, short, concise, succinct (poet. and post-Aug.; cf.: brevis, circumscriptus): libelli, Mart. 2, 1, 3: arbores succinctiores, Plin. 16, 10, 17, § 39: succinctior brevitas, Aug. Ep. 157 med.—Adv.: suc-cinctē, briefly, concisely, succinctly (late Lat.; cf.: breviter, strictim): docere, Amm. 28, 1, 2.—Comp.: fari, Sid. Ep. 1, 9: dimicare, Amm. 20, 11, 20.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

succingō,¹¹ cīnxī, cīnctum, ĕre (sub et cingo), tr.,
1 retrousser et attacher d’une ceinture, agrafer (ceindre, attacher) en relevant, en retroussant ; surtout au part. succīnctus, a, um, ayant son vêtement [robe, tunique, etc.] retroussé, relevé : Hor. S. 2, 6, 107 ; Mart. 12, 24, 7 ; Ov. M. 3, 156 || [poét.] vestem ritu succincta Dianæ Ov. M. 10, 536, ayant son vêtement retroussé à la façon de Diane, cf. Ov. M. 10, 103 ; 15, 603
2 ceindre, entourer, environner : Vitr. Arch. 9, 5, 1 ; [poét.] Scylla feris atram canibus succingitur alvum Ov. M. 13, 732, Scylla a son flanc sombre entouré de chiens furieux, cf. Lucr. 5, 892 ; Virg. B. 6, 75 || le part. succinctus, a, um, a aussi le sens de ceint, armé à la ceinture : gladio succinctus Her. 4, 65, ceint d’une épée ; pugione Ant. d. Cic. Phil. 13, 33, portant un poignard à sa ceinture, cf. Liv. 7, 5, 3 ; 40, 9, 12
3 [fig. ] garnir, entourer, munir : se canibus Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 146, s’environner de chiens [d’espions] ; se terrore Plin. Min. Pan. 49, 3, s’environner de terreur ; Carthago succincta portubus Cic. Agr. 2, 87, Carthage entourée de ports ; succinctus armis legionibusque Liv. 21, 10, 4, entouré d’armes et de légions ; horum scientia succinctus Quint. 12, 5, 1, muni, armé de leur connaissance.

Latin > German (Georges)

succingo, cīnxi, cīnctum, ere (sub u. cingo), I) von unten herauf gürten, aufschürzen, tunicas, Iuven. 6, 45. – Öfter Partiz. succīnctus, a, um, übtr. v. der Person = das Gewand gegürtet, aufgeschürzt, mulier, Plaut.: Diana, Ov.: amicus, Mart.: bes. v. denen, die ihrer Verrichtung wegen geschürzt sind, popa, Prop.: cursor, Mart. – poet. übtr., succincta comas pinus, entblößten Stammes, Ov. – II) umgürten, umschlingen, umschließen, A) im allg.: Virginem et Leonem et Cancrum Anguis intortus succingit, Vitr. 9, 5, 1: astricti succingant ilia ventres, Gratt. cyn. 271. – B) insbes., mit etwas umgürten, umschließen, a) eig.: quae lugubri succincta est stolā, Enn. fr. scen. 387: Scylla feris atram canibus succingitur alvum, Ov. met. 13, 732. – Öfter Partiz. succīnctus, a, um, mit etw. umgürtet, gerüstet, gladio, Enn. fr. u. Cornif. rhet.: ferro, Liv.: pugione, Anton. b. Cic.: cultro, Liv.: pharetrā, Verg. Vgl. PAdi. succinctus. – b) übtr., mit etw. umgeben, ausrüsten, ausstatten, se canibus, Cic.: se terrore, Plin. pan.: his animum bodis, Petron. – Öfter Partiz., Carthago succincta portubus, Cic.: succinctus armis legionibusque, Liv.: scientiā, Quint.: dolis, Sil.

Latin > Chinese

succingo, is, inxi, inctum, ere. 3. :: 束帶。備。護圍地