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
- A
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...vita non tam iniquis neque tam indomitis necessitatibus circumscripta est, ut idcirco prior iniuriam facere debeas, quam, nisi..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...venerem fregere, atque ut fuga mobilis aevi circumscripta mora properantes differat annos, quaerit se natura nec invenit. Omnibus..."
