ac-cingo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a.
I Lit., to gird to or on , to gird round or about (in prose, first after the Aug. per.; in poetry, a favorite word with Verg.): lateri ensem, Verg. A. 11, 489; and med. , to gird one's self : accingitur ense, id. ib. 7, 640; cf.: quo (ense) fuit accinctus, Ov. M. 6, 551; so, ferro, Tac. A. 6, 2.—
B Transf., to arm , equip , furnish , provide : facibus pubes accingitur, Verg. A. 9, 74: gladiis accincti, Liv. 40, 13; hence: accinctus miles, an armed soldier , Tac. A. 11, 18: ornat Phraaten accingitque (sc. diademate imposito) paternum ad fastigium, id. ib. 6, 32: accinctus gemmis fuigentibus ensis, Val. Fl. 3, 514.
II Fig.
A In gen., to endow , provide; in medicine: magicas accingier artes, to have recourse to , Verg. A. 4, 493.—
B In part.: accingere se or accingi, to enter upon or undertake a thing , girded , i. e. well prepared , to prepare one's self , make one's self ready (taken from the girding of the flowing robes when in active occupation); constr. absol. , with ad , in , dat., or inf.: tibi omne est exedendum, accingere, make yourself ready , Ter. Phorm. 318; so id. Eun. 1060; Lucr. 2, 1043: illi se praedae accingunt, Verg. A. 1, 210: accingi ad consulatum, Liv. 4, 2; in Tac. very often actively, to make any one ready for something: turmas peditum ad munia accingere, A. 12, 31: accingi ad ultionem, id. H. 4, 79: in audaciam, id. ib. 3, 66 al.; with inf.: accingar dicere pugnas Caesaris, Verg. G. 3, 46; so: navare operam, Tac. A. 15, 51.—
b Also in the active form, as v. neutr. = se accingere: age, anus, accinge ad molas, Pompon. ap. Non. 469, 28 (Rib. Com. Rel. p. 235): accingunt omnes operi, all go vigorously to the work , Verg. A. 2, 235.
VII —Hence, accinctus , a, um, P. a., well girded.
A Lit.: cujus aut familiaris habitus condecentior aut militaris accinctior, Auson. Grat. Act. 27.—
B Fig., ready , strict (opp. negligens): tam in omnia pariter intenta bonitas et accincta, Plin. Pan. 30 fin. : comitatus, id. ib. 20, 3.