circumeunti
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumeo, circumire, circumivi(ii), circumitus:
Verb
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
encircle, surround; border; skirt; circulate/wander through; go/measure round;
abl. sg. pres. act. part.dat. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...spiritum uersat in turbinem; tunc illa uis uenti circumeuntis quicquid intra se comprehendit cursu suo accendit et leuat..."Liber III
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...lustrauit domus,tandemque inuenit ubi lucernam accenderet,tum circumeunti fuerat quod iter longiuseffecit breuius: namque recta per forumcoepit..."Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...militibus aliquot spicula, in Sardinia autem in muro circumeunti uigilias equiti scipionem quem manu tenuerit arsisse et litora..."