circumgredier
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
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..."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..."