circumimus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumio, circumere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Whitaker
- Age:
- Later
encircle, surround; border; skirt; circulate/wander through; go/measure round;
pl. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →circumeo, circumire, circumivi(ii), circumitus:
Verb
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
encircle, surround; border; skirt; circulate/wander through; go/measure round;
pl. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...nunc Epidamnum venimus? an quasi mare omnis circumimus insulas? MEN. Fratrem quaesitum geminum germanum meum. MESS. Nam quid..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...strangulant. XXIV. Nam et quod recte dici potest circumimus amore verborum, et quod satis dictum est repetimus..."
