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
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inpauidus mansit ad protegendum regem. Latrones, cum breui circumitu maceriae decurrere ad conficiendum saucium possent, uelut perfecta..."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..."
