circumducat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumduco, circumducere, circumduxi, circumductus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
lead out of the way/round about; cheat, mislead, trick out of; take/go around;; lead/wheel/draw a line/ring around/in a circle; prolong (sound); build around;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...reperio: manufesto teneor. TH. Evocadum aliquem ocius, roga circumducat. TR. Heus tu, at hic sunt mulieres: videndumst primum..."Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...imperat Laelio ut per colles quam occultissimo itinere circumducat equites segregetque quantum possit equestrem a pedestri pugnam: ipse..."