circumducitur
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. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...meam . triduom hoc saltem, dum aliquo miles circumducitur, sine me habere: siquidem habebo, tibi quoque etiam proderit..."Satura I
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...lectica petit, sequiturque maritum languida uel praegnas et circumducitur uxor. hic petit absenti nota iam callidus arte ostendens..."Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ultima syllaba nec acuta umquam excitatur nec flexa circumducitur, sed in gravem vel duas gravis cadit semper. Itaque..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...sunt: alterum simplex, cum sensus unus longiore ambitu circumducitur, alterum quod constat membris et incisis, quod plures sensus..."