English → Latin
“gird” in Latin
cingōto surround, circle, ring, encircle; to gird on; to crown or garlandincingōto gird, wrap around, surroundsuccingōto gather or tuck up (with a belt, etc.); to prepare (for action)zōnabelt, girdle; zonegladiussword; murder, death; a gladiatorial contestaccingōto gird on or about; to equip or provide with; to prepare for, arrange to do somethingferrumiron; any tool made of iron; sword
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
gird
cingere (general term, zona, gladio, etc.): incingere (mostly poetical, incingi zona, Ov.): succingere (gird up). To gird one’s self, cingi, or succingi, or accingi (e.g., with a sword, gladio or ferro): to gird one’s self up (i. e., prepare) for anything, accingi ad aliquid: high-girt, alte cinctus (Hor., Sat., 2, 8, 10; for which alticinctus, Phaedrus, 2, 5, 11): altius praecinctus (Hor., Sat., 2, 5, 6; Petronius, 19, 4): GIRD on a sword, succingere aliquem gladio (another); gladio se cingere; gladio accingi (one’s self).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for gird?
- The usual Latin words for “gird” are cingō, incingō, succingō; also zōna, gladius, accingō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.