circumscriptas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumscriptus, circumscripta -um, circumscriptior -or -us, circumscriptissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Literature
concisely expressed, succinct; compressed; rounded-off into periods, periodic;
acc. pl. (f.) - 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;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...vita non tam iniquis neque tam indomitis necessitatibus circumscripta est, ut idcirco prior iniuriam facere debeas, quam, nisi..."Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...adhuc et extrinsecus auscultantibus; facilius enim singula insidunt circumscripta et carminis modo inclusa. Ideo pueris et sententias ediscendas..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...amplius habebit quam unam imaginem. Quare? Quia omnis circumscripta leuitas et circumdata suis finibus speculum est. Itaque piscinam..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...venerem fregere, atque ut fuga mobilis aevi circumscripta mora properantes differat annos, quaerit se natura nec invenit. Omnibus..."
