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
De rhetoribus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...atque adornate, tum, ne usque quaque scholasticus existimaretur, circumcise ac sordide et tantum non trivialibus verbis. Egit..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...solum aperte ponendi rem ante oculos, sed circumcise atque velociter. LXXXII. Ac merito laudatur brevitas integra..."
