circuitum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circuitus, circuitus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
going round; patrol/circuit; way/path round; circumference; outer surface/edge;; revolution, spinning, rotation; (recurring) cycle; period; circumlocution;
acc. sg.gen. pl. - 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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...locus intra agrum effatum per totius urbis circuitum pone muros regionibus certeis determinatus, qui facit finem urbani auspicii..."Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...aditus iamque hos aditus omnemque pererrat undique circuitum et certam quatit improbus hastam. Forte sacer Cybelo Chloreus olimque..."Liber VIII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...quibus paulatim, quantum copiae patiebantur, vallum in oppidi circuitum ducere instituit. Quod cum animadverterent oppidani miserrimaque Alesiae memoria..."Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...numero militum praestabant et interiore spatio minorem circuitum habebant. Quaecumque erant loca Caesari capienda, etsi prohibere Pompeius totis..."Liber I
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...male haberet et carperet. Pons enim ipsius magnum circuitum habebat, ut multo breviore itinere illi ad Hiberum pervenire..."Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...regum nihil inexploratum, quod uestigari uolunt, efficit. totius circuitum domus ita custodiis complexi sunt, ut nemo inde elabi..."