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
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..."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..."Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cetera asperitate animi uirga, quam in manu gerebat, circumscripsit regem ac 'priusquam hoc circulo excedas' inquit 'redde responsum..."