circumferrier
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumfero, circumferre, circumtuli, circumlatus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
carry/hand/pass/spread/move/take/cast around (in circle); publicize; divulge;
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Quaeso, quin tu istanc iubes pro cerrita circumferri? AMPH. Edepol qui facto est opus; nam haec quidem edepol..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...philosophos de negotio deiciehat, cum pittacia in scypho circumferri coeperunt, puerque super hoc positus officium apophoreta recitavit. "Argentum..."Galba
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...usque eo abundantis, ut congestas super manus reliquias circumferri iuberet spargique ad pedes stantibus. Libidinis in mares pronior..."