circumdas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumdo, circumdare, circumdedi, circumdatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
surround; envelop, post/put/place/build around; enclose; beset; pass around;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...proserpentem bestiam me, duplicem ut habeam linguam, circumda torquem brachiis, meum collum circumplecte. ARG. Ten complectatur, carnufex..."Liber IV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Fortuna, placet? "Postumus inposuit". 10 Quid recitaturus circumdas uellera collo? Conueniunt nostris auribus ista magis. Si quis forte..."ad Polybium
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...immerge altius, nunc illa tibi velut munimenta animi circumda, ne ex ulla tui parte inveniat introitum dolor. Fratris..."