revinctus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of revinciō (“bind back, tie back”).

Participle

revīnctus (feminine revīncta, neuter revīnctum); first/second-declension participle

  1. bound back, tied back, having been tied back, etc.
  2. bound, fastened, festooned, draped, decorated, wreathed, having been bound, etc.
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.457–459:
      Praetereā fuit in tēctīs dē marmore templum
      coniugis antīquī, mīrō quod honōre colēbat,
      velleribus niveīs et fēstā fronde revīnctum.
      Moreover, there was in [Dido’s] palace a marble shrine [for devotion] of her former husband, whom she cherished with marvelous honor, [and she kept it] wreathed with snowy fleeces and festive foliage.
      (The “velleribus niveis” are probably woolen ribbons or fillets.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative revīnctus revīncta revīnctum revīnctī revīnctae revīncta
genitive revīnctī revīnctae revīnctī revīnctōrum revīnctārum revīnctōrum
dative revīnctō revīnctae revīnctō revīnctīs
accusative revīnctum revīnctam revīnctum revīnctōs revīnctās revīncta
ablative revīnctō revīnctā revīnctō revīnctīs
vocative revīncte revīncta revīnctum revīnctī revīnctae revīncta

References

  • “revinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “revinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • revinctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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