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. Ph. 2, 2, 4; so id. Eun. 5, 9, 30; 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.—Hence, ac-cinctus , a, um, P. a., well girded.
A. Lit.: cujus aut familiaris habitus condecentior aut militaris accinctior, Auson. Grat. Act. 27.—
