LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

cingulum1

cingulum n (genitive cingulī)
Classical[ˈkɪŋ.ɡʊ.ɫũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈt͡ʃiŋ.ɡu.lum]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. neuterA girdle which encircles the hips; zone, belt; sword-belt; sash.
    sindonem fēcit et vēndidit et cingulum trādidit ChananeōShe made fine linen, and sold it, and delivered a girdle to the Chanaanite. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.31.24
  2. figurativelyneuterA girdle of the earth; zone.

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quō tunica circum corpus cingitur.
cingulum -ī n — in Mille Verba, ch. Vestis et Ōrnāmenta

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecingulumcingula
genitivecingulīcingulōrum
dativecingulōcingulīs
accusativecingulumcingula
ablativecingulōcingulīs
vocativecingulumcingula

cingŭlum, i, n. (access. form cin-gulus, i,
I. m, and cingŭla, ae, f.; v. infra, cf cingulum hominum generis neutri est, nam animailum feminino genere dicimus has cingulas, Isid. Orig 20, 16, 4; Serv. ad Verg A. 9, 360) [cingo, cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 114 Müll.].
I. The girdle encircling the hips, a zone, belt (mostly poet.).
A. For persons; mostly for women.
(a). Cingulum, Varr L. L. 5, § 114 Müll.; id. ap. Non. p 47, 27; Claud. Fesc. 11, 37: cingulo, Petr. 21, 2.—More freq. in plur., cingula, Verg. A. 1, 492; 9, 360; 12, 942; Val. Fl. 6, 471; a money belt, Just Nov 12, 1; a sword-belt, Verg. A. 12, 942.—Hence, meton., soldiership, military service, Cod Just. 7, 38, 1; 12, 17, 3—Of the bride's girdle: cingulo nova nupta praecingebatur, quod vir in lecto solvebat, Paul ex Fest. P. 63 Müll.—
(b). Cingula, ae, Titin. ap. Non p 536, 19; Ov. A. A. 3, 444 dub. (Merk, lingula).—
B. For animals: cingula, ae, a girth, belt, Ov R. Am 236; Calp. Ecl. 6, 41; plur. abl. cingulis, Flor 2, 18, 14.—
II. Meton., a girdle of the earth, a zone: cingulus, i, * Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21; Macr. S. Somn. Scip. 2, 5, 7.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom Proto-Italic *-klom? Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos? Latin -ulum Latin cingulum From cingō (“to surround, encompass; gird”) + -ulum (instrument noun suffix).

Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishceñofrom Aragonese cingla
  • Portuguesecilha
  • Portuguesecincho
  • Spanishcejo
  • Englishcinchfrom Spanish cejo
  • Spanishcencha
  • Spanishcincha
  • Spanishcincho
  • Spanishsuncho
  • Spanishzuncho
Occitano-Romance
  • Catalancingle
  • Catalancingla
  • Catalancinlla
  • Occitancingla
  • Occitancengla
  • Auvergnatsenglhafrom Occitan cingla
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiancengia
  • Italiancingolo
  • Italiancinghia
  • Italiancinghio
  • Neapolitanchienga
  • Siciliancinga
  • Siciliancigna
Learned borrowings
  • GermanZingulum
  • Portuguesecíngulo
  • Spanishcíngulo
Eastern Romance
  • Romanianchingă
  • Romaniancingă
Elsewhere
  • Frenchsanglefrom Old French cengle
  • Englishcinglefrom Old French cengle
  • Dutchsingelfrom Old French cengle
  • Champenoisceingllefrom Old French cengle
  • Picardchinguefrom Old French cengle
  • Wallooncinguefrom Old French cengle
  • Venetansenghia
  • Venetanzhengia
  • Aragonesecingliellofrom Latin cingulellum
  • Aragonesecingletofrom Latin cingulellum
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friuliancengle
Ancient borrowings
  • Albanianqing
  • Albanianqingël
  • Irishceangalfrom Middle Irish cengal
  • Manxkiangleyfrom Middle Irish cengal
  • Scottish Gaelicceangalfrom Middle Irish cengal
  • Welshcengl
  • Welshcyngl
  • Welshcingl

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesCingulumCingulum (ζώνη, ζώνιον, ζωστήρ, cinctura, zona). Passing over the cestus [CESTUS] and strophium or fascia pectoralis, also called ἀναδεσμός or στηθοδε…
proper noun · neutersecond declension
Cingulum2
Cingulum n sg (genitive Cingulī)
Classical[ˈkɪŋ.ɡʊ.ɫũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈt͡ʃiŋ.ɡu.lum]

Meaning

  1. neutersingulara city in interior Picenum situated on a lofty hill, now Cingoli

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeCingulum—
genitiveCingulī—
dativeCingulō—
accusativeCingulum—
ablativeCingulō—
vocativeCingulum—
locativeCingulī—

Cingŭlum, i, n.,
I. a small town in Picenum, now Cingulo, Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Cic. Att. 7, 11, 1; also Cingŭla saxa, Sil. 10, 34, its inhabitants were called Cin-gŭlāni, Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111.—Also adj.: Cingūlānus ager, Front. Colon. p. 121 Goes.

Origins

Descendants
  • ItalianCingoli

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesCingulumCingulum (ζώνη, ζώνιον, ζωστήρ, cinctura, zona). Passing over the cestus [CESTUS] and strophium or fascia pectoralis, also called ἀναδεσμός or στηθοδε…GeographyCingulumCingulum (Κιγγοῦλον: Eth. Cingulanus: Cingoli), a city of Picenum, situated in the interior of the province, about 12 miles S. of Aesis, and the same …

Quick answers

What does cingulum mean in Latin?
cingulum, a noun, means “A girdle which encircles the hips; zone, belt; sword-belt”.
What is the genitive of cingulum?
The genitive singular is cingulī. cingulum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce cingulum?
In classical Latin, [ˈkɪŋ.ɡʊ.ɫũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈt͡ʃiŋ.ɡu.lum].