circumduxerunt
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;
pl. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...acceptus: quadringentis Philippis filius me et Chrysalus circumduxerunt. quem quidem ego ut non excruciem, alterum tantum auri..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...aemulantur; otiosi et supini, si quid modo longius circumduxerunt, iurant ita Ciceronem locuturum fuisse. XVIII. Noveram quosdam..."
