cinctor

== Latin == === Etymology === From cingō (“to encircle; gird on”) + -tor (“-er”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkiːŋk.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃiŋk.tor] === Noun === cīnctor m (genitive cīnctōris); third declension (rare) (Late Latin) a girdle-wearer; one who girds (Medieval Latin) a girdle, belt Synonym: cīnctus ==== Usage notes ==== Defined in a Greek-Latin gloss as ζώστης (zṓstēs), from ζώννῡμῐ (zṓnnūmĭ, “to gird”) and -της (-tēs, “-er”). ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === === Further reading === “cinctor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cinctor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “cinctor”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC