circumcisis
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;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all) - 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;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quod vidi duobus modis positum: magnarum arborum truncos circumcisis ramis et ad unum redactis pedem cum rapo..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...intellegitur. Habet amatores - nec inmerito - Cremuti libertas, quamquam circumcisis quae dixisse ei nocuerat: sed elatum abunde spiritum..."Liber XXXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quos in cultum praetorum socii facere soliti erant circumcisi aut sublati. Sex. Aelius consul ex Gallia comitiorum causa..."Agricola
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...peccassent. Frumenti et tributorum exactionem aequalitate munerum mollire, circumcisis quae in quaestum reperta ipso tributo gravius tolerabantur. Namque..."