ac-cingo — Lewis & Short
ac-cingo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a.
I Lit., to gird to or on, to gird round or about (in prose, first after the Aug. per.;
in poetry, a favorite word with Verg.): lateri ensem,Verg. A. 11, 489; and med., to gird one's self:
accingitur ense,id. ib. 7, 640; cf.:
quo (ense) fuit accinctus,Ov. M. 6, 551; so,
ferro,Tac. A. 6, 2.—
B Transf., to arm, equip, furnish, provide:
facibus pubes accingitur,Verg. A. 9, 74:
gladiis accincti,Liv. 40, 13;
hence: accinctus miles,an armed soldier, Tac. A. 11, 18:
ornat Phraaten accingitque (sc. diademate imposito) paternum ad fastigium,id. ib. 6, 32:
accinctus gemmis fuigentibus ensis,Val. Fl. 3, 514.
II Fig.
A In gen., to endow, provide; in medicine:
magicas accingier artes,to have recourse to, Verg. A. 4, 493.—
B In part.: accingere se or accingi, to enter upon or undertake a thing, girded, i. e. well prepared, to prepare one's self, make one's self ready (taken from the girding of the flowing robes when in active occupation); constr. absol., with ad, in, dat., or inf.:
tibi omne est exedendum, accingere,make yourself ready, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 4; so id. Eun. 5, 9, 30; Lucr. 2, 1043:
illi se praedae accingunt,Verg. A. 1, 210:
accingi ad consulatum,Liv. 4, 2; in Tac. very often actively, to make any one ready for something:
turmas peditum ad munia accingere, A. 12, 31: accingi ad ultionem,id. H. 4, 79:
in audaciam,id. ib. 3, 66 al.; with inf.:
accingar dicere pugnas Caesaris,Verg. G. 3, 46;
so: navare operam,Tac. A. 15, 51.—
b Also in the active form, as v. neutr. = se accingere: age, anus, accinge ad molas, Pompon. ap. Non. 469, 28 (Rib. Com. Rel. p. 235):
accingunt omnes operi,all go vigorously to the work, Verg. A. 2, 235.—Hence, ac-cinctus, a, um, P. a., well girded.
A Lit.: cujus aut familiaris habitus condecentior aut militaris accinctior, Auson. Grat. Act. 27.—
B Fig., ready, strict (opp. negligens):
tam in omnia pariter intenta bonitas et accincta,Plin. Pan. 30 fin.:
comitatus,id. ib. 20, 3.