vinctus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of vinciō (“bind, tie”).

Participle

vīnctus (feminine vīncta, neuter vīnctum); first/second-declension participle

1. bound, tied up, having been tied up
2. laced, fastened, having been fastened
3. surrounded, guarded, having been surrounded

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vīnctus	vīncta	vīnctum		vīnctī	vīnctae	vīncta
genitive	vīnctī	vīnctae	vīnctī		vīnctōrum	vīnctārum	vīnctōrum
dative	vīnctō	vīnctae	vīnctō		vīnctīs
accusative	vīnctum	vīnctam	vīnctum		vīnctōs	vīnctās	vīncta
ablative	vīnctō	vīnctā	vīnctō		vīnctīs
vocative	vīncte	vīncta	vīnctum		vīnctī	vīnctae	vīncta

References

• “vinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vinctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • poetical rhythm: numerus poetice vinctus