circumcise
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumcisus, circumcisa, circumcisum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sheer on all sides, cut off; limited; short, brief, pruned of excess, abridged;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →circumcise:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
concisely; briefly;
- Entry →circumcido, circumcidere, circumcidi, circumcisus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cut/make incision around, ring; clip; circumcise; cut out; remove; diminish;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- G
De rhetoribus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...atque adornate, tum, ne usque quaque scholasticus existimaretur, circumcise ac sordide et tantum non trivialibus verbis. Egit..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...solum aperte ponendi rem ante oculos, sed circumcise atque velociter. LXXXII. Ac merito laudatur brevitas integra..."
