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..."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..."