I.perf., ctum, 3, v. a., to ungird, loose that which was girded (a poet. word of the Aug. period; “esp. freq. in Ov.): tunicas,” Ov. M. 1, 398; id. Am. 1, 5, 9; 3, 1, 51: “vestes,” id. M. 7, 182; * Verg. A. 4, 518: “cum veste recinctā,” Val. Fl. 8, 115: “zonam,” Ov. H. 2, 116.— “Mid.: neque eo contenta recingor,” I ungird myself, Ov. M. 5, 593; and, in poet. construction, with acc.: “sumptum recingitur anguem,” divests herself of the snake which she had girt around her, Ov. M. 4, 510; cf.: “ferrum recingi,” Stat. S. 1, 4, 75.—Of persons: “mulier recincta,” Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 266.—
II. To gird again: “Serenianus recinctus est ut Pannonius,” Amm. 26, 5, 3.