gird Copy link Outline 1. cingo, nxi, netum, 32. incingo, 3 (same constr. as simple verb. poet.)3. accingo, 3 (same constr.4. praecingo, 3 (strictly, to g. in front, as a napkin • gird: 1. cingo, nxi, netum, 3: often as refl. pass.: he g.s himself with a Spanish sword, Hispano cingitur gladio, Liv. 7, 10, ad med. (in Virg. with acc.) inutile cingitur ferrum, Aen. 2, 511. Fig.: the heavens were girt with clouds, cinxerunt aethera nimbi, Virg.: v. to surround. 2. incingo, 3 (same constr. as simple verb. poet.): to g. oneself with a girdle, incingi zonâ, Ov. Her. 9, 66: to g. oneself with serpents, se serpentibus incingere. Cat. 64, 258. 3. accingo, 3 (same constr.: chiefly poet., except in fig. sense): to g. on a sword, ensem ac. lateri, Virg. Aen. 11, 489: he g.s on his trusty sword, fido accingitur ense, Virg. Aen. 7, 640. Fig. = to set vigorously to work, to prepare: all g. themselves to the task, ac. (sese) omnes operi, Virg. Aen. 2, 235: Liv. (who has the refl. pass., 2, 12, med., in hoc discrimen accingere, prepare thyself): Tac. 4. praecingo, 3 (strictly, to g. in front, as a napkin: cf. Vulg. Joh. xiii. 4): to g. oneself with a sword, ense praecingi, Ov. Tr. 2, 271: waiters properly g.'d, recte praecincti pueri, Hor.