succinctus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perfect passive participle of succingō (“tuck up, gird”), formally sub- + cīnctus.
Participle
[edit]succīnctus (feminine succīncta, neuter succīnctum); first/second-declension participle
- girded, belted, girdled (having one's clothes gathered up by a belt or sim.)
- clothed in a garment fitted with a belt
- (figurative) tucked up and ready, girded up, prepared for action
- (figurative) concise, succinct
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | succīnctus | succīncta | succīnctum | succīnctī | succīnctae | succīncta | |
| genitive | succīnctī | succīnctae | succīnctī | succīnctōrum | succīnctārum | succīnctōrum | |
| dative | succīnctō | succīnctae | succīnctō | succīnctīs | |||
| accusative | succīnctum | succīnctam | succīnctum | succīnctōs | succīnctās | succīncta | |
| ablative | succīnctō | succīnctā | succīnctō | succīnctīs | |||
| vocative | succīncte | succīncta | succīnctum | succīnctī | succīnctae | succīncta | |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “succinctus” on page 2047 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
Further reading
[edit]- “succinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "succinctus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- succinctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.