circumgredi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumgredior, circumgredi, circumgressus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
go round behind by a flanking movement; walk/travel about (in hostile manner);
pres. infin.
Examples
- P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Canninefatem et quod peditum Germanorum inter nostros merebat circumgredi terga hostium iubet, qui iam acie compositi pellunt turmas..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...validissimos equitum ineurrere latus, Stertinium cum ceteris turmis circumgredi tergaque invadere iubet, ipse in tempore adfuturus. interea pulcherrimum..."