circumiris
Dictionary entries
- 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;
sg. futperf. act. ind. 2ndsg. perf. act. subj. 2nd - 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;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...pulli gallinacei, ita non potuere uno anno circumirier. credo hercle te esse ab illo, ita nugas blatis. Cvrc..."Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...dixeras huic? facinus indignum, Chreme, sic circumiri! {Ch.} id cum hoc agebam commodum. {Ge.} nam hercle ego quoque..."Datames
Cornelius Nepos
"...contenderat, pervenit iisque locis castra ponit, ut neque circumiri multitudine adversariorum posset neque impediri, quo minus ipse..."Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...urbem, qua sit aditus ab terra, muro turribusque circumiri posse, sic ut ipsis consistendi in suis munitionibus locus..."Liber I
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...ratio nostros perturbavit insuetos huius generis pugnae: circumiri enim sese ab aperto latere procurrentibus singulis arbitrabantur; ipsi autem..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...quae casus obtulerat in sapientiam vertenda ratus circumiri tentoria iubet; accitur centurio Clemens et si alii bonis artibus..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...defuere. nam Civilis si maioribus copiis instruxisset aciem, circumiri a tam paucis cohortibus nequisset castraque perrupta excidisset: Vocula..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...alam Tungrosque a classe Othonis et Narbonensem Galliam circumiri, simul cura socios tuendi et militari astu cohortis turbidas..."
