circumitum
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;
acc. sg.gen. pl. - 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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...desiderant. CXXIV. Perihodo plurima nomina dat Cicero: ambitum, circumitum, comprensionem, continuationem, circumscriptionem. Genera eius duo sunt: alterum simplex..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...paucioribus certe dici potest explicatur, periphrasin vocant, circumitum quendam eloquendi, qui nonnumquam necessitatem habet, quotiens dictu deformia operit..."
