circumlitae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumlino, circumlinere, circumlevi, circumlitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
smear/anoint all over (with); decorate, daub/paint around, paint background;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...inesse, tum inania et specioso ac deceptorio fuco circumlita inueni, intra nihil habentia fronti suae simile: nunc..."Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...prohoemio debet oratio, neque tamen deducta semper atque circumlita, sed saepe simplici atque inlaboratae similis nec verbis vultuque..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...flamma propiore calescit, non aliter quam cum summis circumlita taedis admotas rapiunt vivacia sulphura flammas. o quotiens voluit..."