dis-cingo, nxi, nctum, 3
* V. a., to ungird, deprive of the girdle.
* Lit.: discinctā tunicā fugiendum est,Hor. S. 1, 2, 132; Vell. 2, 41 fin.; cf.: tunicati et discincti,Suet. Aug. 100: jam discingitur armis,Sil. 8, 34.—As a milit. punishment: destrictis gladiis discinctos destituit,Liv. 27, 13; Suet. Aug. 24 and 100: cum tenues nuper Marius discinxerit Afros, had disarmed, i. e. conquered, Juv. 8, 120; cf.: peltatam Amazona Scythico nodo,Mart. 9, 101, 5.
* Trop.
* In verb finit.: mihi crede, in sinu est (Caesar), neque ego discingor,i. e. I do not neglect him, I endeavor to preserve his friendship,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13; cf. Sen. Ep. 92 fin.: discinxit ratione dolos fraudesque resolvit,i. e. discovered, detected,Sil. 7, 153; cf.: ut inter Methium et Paulum, quae veniunt in disceptationem, discingas,i. e. that thou wilt decide,Sid. Ep. 2, 7.
* Discinctus, a, um, ungirt.
* Lit.: ne glorietur accinctus aeque ac discinctus,i. e. who has put off his armor,Vulg. 3 Reg. 20, 11.
* Trop.
* Voluptuous, effeminate, Afri, Verg. A. 8, 724.— Hence
* Slovenly, careless, negligent; loose, dissolute, reckless: discincti ludere,Hor. S. 2, 1, 73: avarus ut Chremes, opp. discinctus ut nepos,id. Epod. 1, 34: Natta,Pers. 3, 31: verna,id. 4, 22: discincta in otia natus,Ov. Am. 1, 9, 41.

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