circumferuntur
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;
pl. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...instructos si quem ex iis qui breues plerumque circumferuntur artis libellum edidicerint et uelut decretis technicorum tutos putent..."Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...elegans esset; nec alia ex causa principiorum libri circumferuntur, quam quia existimatur pars aliqua etiam sine ceteris esse..."