Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Cinctutus

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CINCTU'TUS. Clothed after the fashion of the early ages; i. e. with nothing but a short kilt (cinctus, περίζωμα) round the loins, as represented in the last illustration but one. Hor. A. P. 50. Ovid. Fast. v. 101. Compare Plutarch, Rom. 21.