circumitu
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumitus, circumitus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
going round; patrol/circuit; way/path round; circumference; outer surface/edge;; revolution, spinning, rotation; (recurring) cycle; period; circumlocution;
abl. sg.dat. sg. - 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;
abl. sg.
Examples
- L
Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...summi boni ignoramus appositum. Nec multis verbis nec circumitu longo quod sit summum bonum colliges: digito..." - L
ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...publica exilia sunt? 6. Quid te tam longo circumitu traho? Quid interest enumerare Antenorem Pataui conditorem et Euandrum..." - M
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...facundiam concupierint, ideoque ea quae proprie signari poterant circumitu coeperint enuntiare ac deinde in eo perseverarint. XVII. Mihi..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...omnis vocamus qui caedem telo quocumque commiserunt. Alia circumitu verborum plurium ostendimus, quale est "et pressi copia lactis..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Ergo etiam id fieri potest, ut maiore circumitu minor loci amplitudo cludatur. Haec in planis; nam in collibus..." - T
Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inpauidus mansit ad protegendum regem. Latrones, cum breui circumitu maceriae decurrere ad conficiendum saucium possent, uelut perfecta..." - G
Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...quamquam longinqua aspergine maris inarescit. Adiacet gestationi interiore circumitu vinea tenera et umbrosa, nudisque etiam pedibus mollis..."
