What does vinciō mean in Latin?

vinciō, a verb, means “to bind, tie up, fetter; to lace, fasten; to surround, guard”.

What are the principal parts of vinciō?

vinciō, vincīre, vīnxī, vīnctum (fourth conjugation).

How do you pronounce vinciō?

In classical Latin, [ˈwɪŋ.ki.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈvin̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.o].

Which English words come from vinciō?

English words that go back to Latin vinciō include province, periwinkle, vinculum and vinca.

vinciō, vincīre, vīnxī, vīnctum — meaning & conjugation

Meaning

to bind, tie up, fetter
to lace, fasten
to surround, guard

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

catēnīs teneō; quī captī sunt, vinciuntur.

vinciō -īre — in Mille Verba, Bellum et Arma

catēnīs ligō

vinciō -īre — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 15

vinculīs ligō

vinciō -īre — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 21 and Metamorphoses I, ch. 19

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Ligare · Viere · Vincire · Nectere · Obligare · Obstringere · Devincire

1. Ligare and viere denote to bind, in order to prevent things falling asunder, synonymously with copulare, like δέειν; whereas vincire and nectere mean to fetter, in order to hinder free movement, synonymously with coercere, like δεσμεύειν. 2. Ligare is the general, viere (ὀχεῖν) the technical expression for binding fast, etc. 3. Obligare means to oblige by acts of kindness; obstringere, to oblige by benefits; devincire, to rivet to one’s self by a lasting intimate connection. The obligatus feels himself bound by the conventional duties of social life; the obstrictus, by the duties of morality or religion; the devinctus, by the duties of piety. (iv. 282.)

Conjugation conjugation 4

active indicative
form	present	imperfect	future	perfect	pluperfect	fut. perfect
1st sg.	vinciō	vinciēbam	vinciam	vīnxī	vīnxeram	vīnxerō
2nd sg.	vincīs	vinciēbās	vinciēs	vīnxistī	vīnxerās	vīnxeris
3rd sg.	vincit	vinciēbat	vinciet	vīnxit	vīnxerat	vīnxerit
1st pl.	vincīmus	vinciēbāmus	vinciēmus	vīnximus	vīnxerāmus	vīnxerimus
2nd pl.	vincītis	vinciēbātis	vinciētis	vīnxistis	vīnxerātis	vīnxeritis
3rd pl.	vinciunt	vinciēbant	vincient	vīnxērunt vīnxēre	vīnxerant	vīnxerint

active subjunctive

active subjunctive
form	present	imperfect	perfect	pluperfect
1st sg.	vinciam	vincīrem	vīnxerim	vīnxissem
2nd sg.	vinciās	vincīrēs	vīnxerīs	vīnxissēs
3rd sg.	vinciat	vincīret	vīnxerit	vīnxisset
1st pl.	vinciāmus	vincīrēmus	vīnxerīmus	vīnxissēmus
2nd pl.	vinciātis	vincīrētis	vīnxerītis	vīnxissētis
3rd pl.	vinciant	vincīrent	vīnxerint	vīnxissent

passive indicative

passive indicative
form	present	imperfect	future
1st sg.	vincior	vinciēbar	vinciar
2nd sg.	vincīris vincīre	vinciēbāris vinciēbāre	vinciēris vinciēre
3rd sg.	vincītur	vinciēbātur	vinciētur
1st pl.	vincīmur	vinciēbāmur	vinciēmur
2nd pl.	vincīminī	vinciēbāminī	vinciēminī
3rd pl.	vinciuntur	vinciēbantur	vincientur

passive subjunctive

passive subjunctive
form	present	imperfect
1st sg.	vinciar	vincīrer
2nd sg.	vinciāris vinciāre	vincīrēris vincīrēre
3rd sg.	vinciātur	vincīrētur
1st pl.	vinciāmur	vincīrēmur
2nd pl.	vinciāminī	vincīrēminī
3rd pl.	vinciantur	vincīrentur

imperative

imperative
form	active	passive
pres. 2nd sg.	vincī	vincīre
pres. 2nd pl.	vincīte	vincīminī
fut. 2nd sg.	vincītō	vincītor
fut. 3rd sg.	vincītō	vincītor
fut. 2nd pl.	vincītōte	—
fut. 3rd pl.	vinciuntō	vinciuntor

infinitives & participles

infinitives & participles
form	active	passive
present infinitive	vincīre	vincīrī
perfect infinitive	vīnxisse	vīnctum esse
future infinitive	vīnctūrum esse	vīnctum īrī
present participle	vinciēns vinciente, vincientem, vincientēs, vincientī, vincientia, vincientibus, vincientis, vincientīs, vincientium	—
perfect participle	—	vīnctus vīncta, vīnctā, vīnctae, vīnctam, vīnctārum, vīnctās, vīncte, vīnctī, vīnctīs, vīnctō, vīnctōrum, vīnctōs
future participle	vīnctūrus vīnctūra, vīnctūrā, vīnctūrae, vīnctūram, vīnctūrārum, vīnctūrās, vīnctūre, vīnctūrī, vīnctūrīs, vīnctūrō, vīnctūrōrum, vīnctūrōs, vīnctūrum	vinciendus vinciundus, vincienda, vinciendā, vinciendae, vinciendam, vinciendārum, vinciendās, vinciende, vinciendīs, vinciendōrum, vinciendōs, vinciunda, vinciundā, vinciundae, vinciundam, vinciundārum, vinciundās, vinciunde, vinciundī, vinciundīs, vinciundō, vinciundōrum, vinciundōs, vinciundum

gerundvinciendī, vinciendō, vinciendumsupinevīnctum, vīnctū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

numerus poetice vinctus: poetical rhythm.
numeris orationem astringere, vincire: to make a speech rhythmical.

vincĭo, vinxi, vinctum (

I. part. vinciturus, Petr. 45, 10), 4, v. a., to bind, to bind or wind about; to fetter, tie, fasten; to surround, encircle, etc. (class., esp. in the trop. sense; syn.: ligo, necto, constringo).

I. Lit.: illum aput te vinctum adservato domi, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 95; 4, 4, 98; Ter. And. 5, 2, 24: hunc abduce, vinci, quaere rem, id. Ad. 3, 4, 36: fratres meos in vincula conjecit. Cum igitur eos vinxerit, etc., Cic. Dejot. 7, 22: facinus est vincire civem Romanum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 170: equites Romani vincti Apronio traditi sunt, id. ib. 2, 3, 14, § 37: trinis catenis vinctus, Caes. B. G. 1, 53: post terga manus, Verg. A. 11, 81: rotas ferro, Quint. 1, 5, 8: ulmum appositis vitibus, Ov. H. 5, 47: alte suras purpureo cothurno, Verg. A. 1, 337: tempora novis floribus, Hor. C. 4, 1, 32.—In a Greek construction: boves vincti cornua vittis, Ov. M. 7, 429: anule, formosae digitum vincture puellae, about to encircle, id. Am. 2, 15, 1.—

B. In partic.

1. To compress, lace: demissis umeris esse, vincto pectore, ut, gracilae sient, i. e. tightly laced, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 23.—

2. To compass, surround, guard, mid.: Caesarem quidem aiunt acerrime dilectum habere, loca occupare, vinciri praesidiis, Cic. Att. 7, 18, 2 B. and K. (al. vincire, i. e. loca).—

3. To make firm, harden, fix, fasten: humus vincta pruinā, Petr. 123 (but the true reading, Ov. P. 2, 2, 96, is juncta; so Sall. C. 55, 4).—

II. Trop., to bind, fetter, confine, restrain, attach: vi Veneris vinctus, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 32: religione vinctus astrictusque, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90; cf.: si turpissime se illa pars animi geret ... si vinciatur et constringatur amicorum propinquorumque custodiis, id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48.—Of sleep, etc.: nisi vinctos somno velut pecudes trucidandos tradidero, Liv. 5, 44, 7: ut somno vincta jacebas, Ov. M. 11, 238: in plaustra somno vinctos coniciunt, Tac. A. 1, 65: mentem multo Lyaeo, Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 21: inimica ora (magicis artibus), Ov. F. 2, 581: lectum certo foedere, Prop. 3, 20, 21 (4, 19, 11): spadonis animum stupro, Tac. A. 4, 10: esse tuam vinctam numine teste fidem, Ov. H. 20, 212: aliquem pacto matrimonio, Tac. A. 6, 45.—Of speech: membra (orationis) sunt numeris vincienda, i. e. arranged rhythmically, Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190: verba vincta, oratio vincta (opp. soluta), Quint. 11, 2, 47; 9, 4, 19.

Origins

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *wi-n-k-, from the root *weyk- (“to curve, bend”) and the nasal infix *-n-. The nasal infix spread from the present stem to the perfect and supine stem. Per De Vaan 2008, the original present stem would have been Proto-Italic *wink-(e/o-) which would have regularly given Latin third-conjugation vincō, vincere, homophonous with vincō (“win; defeat”). (In fact, De Vaan argues that these verbs probably come from the same root.) The origin of the Latin fourth-conjugation present stem vincī- is unclear. De Vaan 2008 suggests this stem could have been taken from a derived noun *wink-i- or *wink-io-. (Compare prōvincia, apparently from the feminine of an adjective *prō-wink-io-.) Alternatively, Meiser 2003 argues that the present stems of vinciō and sanciō developed via back-formation from the perfect stems vīnxī and sānxī. Cognate with vicis, vicia, Ancient Greek εἴκω (eíkō).

Descendants

Italianvincire
Italianavvincere
Italianvincibosco
Italianvincido

In English words that came into English from vinciō

provinceprōvincia
periwinklepervinca
vinculumvinculum
vincaVinca