dis-cingo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a., to ungird, deprive of the girdle.
I 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.—
II Trop.
A 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.—
B discinctus , a, um, ungirt .
1 Lit.: ne glorietur accinctus aeque ac discinctus, i. e. who has put off his armor , Vulg. 3 Reg. 20, 11.—
2 Trop.
α Voluptuous, effeminate , Afri, Verg. A. 8, 724.— Hence,
β 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.