circumflecterent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumflecto, circumflectere, circumflexi, circumflexus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bend/turn (course) around (pivot/turning point); prolong/circumflex (vowel);
pl. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...nautis pater, unde reverti scirent et longos ubi circumflectere cursus. tum loca sorte legunt ipsique in puppibus auro..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...praestat Trinacrii metas lustrare Pachyni cessantem, longos et circumflectere cursus, quam semel informem vasto vidisse sub antro Scyllam..."