circumscribis
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;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
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..."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..."