Italian

Verb

cingo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cingere

Anagrams

• Cigno, cigno

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kenk-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkin.ɡoː/, [ˈkɪŋ.ɡoː]

Verb

cingō ‎(present infinitive cingere, perfect active cīnxī, supine cīnctum); third conjugation

1. I surround, circle, ring.
2. I gird on; I crown or garland

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References

• cingo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cingo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cingo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to surround a town with a rampart and fosse: oppidum cingere vallo et fossa
    
  • to be surrounded by the superior force of the enemy: multitudine hostium cingi