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dis-cingo , nxi, nctum, 3,
I.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.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 2.13
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 8.724
    • Old Testament, 1 Kings, 20.11
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 100
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 24
    • Horace, Satires, 1.2.132
    • Horace, Satires, 2.1.73
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 13
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 92
    • Persius, Saturae, 3
    • Persius, Saturae, 4
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