to gird up , to prepare , equip; only in part. perf. : prōcinctus , a, um, prepared for battle , ready for action , in fighting order : cum procinctae classes erant, Gell. 1, 11, 3: classis, i. e. an army ready to engage , an army , Lex ap. Fest. s. v. opima, p. 198, a Müll.; Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 4; Just.Inst. 2, 10, 1.