cinctura

Latin

Etymology

From cingō +‎ -tūra.

Pronunciation 1

Participle

cīnctūra

  1. inflection of cīnctūrus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Noun

cīnctūra f (genitive cīnctūrae); first declension

  1. (Classical Latin, rare) a girdle or belt
  2. (Medieval Latin):
    1. the girding on of a belt of investiture of a lord
    2. a zone (a type of belt commonly worn in the eastern Mediterranean)
    3. (Eastern Christianity) a cincture (a belt or girdle, typically a zone, worn as a liturgical vestment)
Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cīnctūra cīnctūrae
genitive cīnctūrae cīnctūrārum
dative cīnctūrae cīnctūrīs
accusative cīnctūram cīnctūrās
ablative cīnctūrā cīnctūrīs
vocative cīnctūra cīnctūrae
Descendants
  • Asturian: centura
  • Catalan: cintura
  • English: cincture
  • Franco-Provençal: cientura
  • French: ceinture
  • Friulian: cinturie
  • Italian: cintura
  • Norman: cheintuthe
  • Portuguese: cintura
  • Romanian: centură
  • Sicilian: cintura
  • Spanish: cintura
  • Venetan: centura, sentura, çentura

Pronunciation 2

Participle

cīnctūrā

  1. ablative feminine singular of cīnctūrus

Noun

cīnctūrā

  1. ablative singular of cīnctūra

References