cingulum

Latin cingulum (“girdle”), from cingere (“to gird”).

cingulum (plural cingula or cinguli)

1. The girdle of an alb.
2. (anatomy) A collection of white matter fibers projecting from the cingulate gyrus to the entorhinal cortex in the brain, allowing for communication between components of the limbic system.
3. (anatomy) A ridge that girdles the base of an upper molar tooth.
4. (zoology) A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells.
5. (zoology) The clitellus of earthworms.

• cingulumotomy
• ectocingulum
• hypocingulum
• metacingulum
• paracingulum
• postcingulum
• precingulum

• cingulid

• glucinum

From cingō (“to surround, encompass; gird”) +‎ -culum.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkin.ɡu.lum/, [ˈkɪŋ.ɡʊ.ɫũ]

cingulum n (genitive cingulī); second declension

1. A girdle which encircles the hips; zone, belt; sword-belt; sash.
2. (figuratively) A girdle of the earth; zone.

Second declension.

• (girdle, belt): cestus, cinctūra, cinctus, zōna
• (girdle of the earth): circulus

• cingillum

• cingulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cingulum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cingulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• cingulum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cingulum in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• cingulum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin