cingŭlum | cin-gulus, i | cingŭla, ae (noun N.f) : (access. form
* M, and , , ; 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.].
* The girdle encircling the hips, a zone, belt (mostly poet.).
* For persons; mostly for women.
* Meton., a girdle of the earth, a zone: cingulus, i, * Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21; Macr. S. Somn. Scip. 2, 5, 7.
* For animals: cingula, ae, a girth, belt, Ov R. Am 236; Calp. Ecl. 6, 41; plur. abl. cingulis, Flor 2, 18, 14.

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