circuibant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circueo, circuire, circuivi(ii), circuitus:
Verb
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
encircle, surround; border; skirt; circulate/wander through; go/measure round;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...scelerate, nescis, pater, quam similem viventi filium cluseris. circuibant totum corpus oculi, non inveniebam, quid ignis egisset. subinde..." - G
Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...nostrorum effugiebant rursusque ad ordines suos se recipientes circuibant et ab acie excludebant. Sic neque in loco manere..."