circumscripsit
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. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- L
Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...potestatem, alieni arbitrii fit: qui omne bonum honesto circumscripsit intra se felix . Hic amissis liberis maestus, hic sollicitus..." - M
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...forma etiam in feminis placet. Ille vero ita circumscripsit omnia ut eum legum latorem vocent, quia deorum atque..." - T
Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cetera asperitate animi uirga, quam in manu gerebat, circumscripsit regem ac 'priusquam hoc circulo excedas' inquit 'redde responsum..."