revinctus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of revinciō (“bind back, tie back”).

Participle

revīnctus (feminine revīncta, neuter revīnctum); first/second-declension participle

1. bound back, tied back, having been tied back, etc.
2. bound, fastened, festooned, draped, decorated, wreathed, having been bound, etc.
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.457–459:

     Praetereā fuit in tēctīs dē marmore templum
     coniugis antīquī, mīrō quod honōre colēbat,
     velleribus niveīs et fēstā fronde revīnctum.

     Moreover, there was in [Dido’s] palace a marble shrine [for devotion] of her former husband, whom she cherished with marvelous honor, [and she kept it] wreathed with snowy fleeces and festive foliage.
     (The “velleribus niveis” are probably woolen ribbons or fillets.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	revīnctus	revīncta	revīnctum		revīnctī	revīnctae	revīncta
genitive	revīnctī	revīnctae	revīnctī		revīnctōrum	revīnctārum	revīnctōrum
dative	revīnctō	revīnctae	revīnctō		revīnctīs
accusative	revīnctum	revīnctam	revīnctum		revīnctōs	revīnctās	revīncta
ablative	revīnctō	revīnctā	revīnctō		revīnctīs
vocative	revīncte	revīncta	revīnctum		revīnctī	revīnctae	revīncta

References

• “revinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “revinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• revinctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.