circumscribi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumscribo, circumscribere, circumscripsi, circumscriptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
abridge, write concise form/well-turned phrase; cheat, impose on; circumvent;; draw a line/circle around; circumscribe; hem in, confine, restrict; rule out;
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
- L
Liber X
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...veternosissimi nodos: totum genus istuc exturbandum iudico quo circumscribi se qui interrogatur existimat et ad confessionem perductus aliud..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...uagatio. Languor somniculosae inertisque luxuriae quam sero experrectus circumscribi se et fraudari tanto bono sensit: hoc adhuc..."