circumscriptio
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumscriptio, circumscriptionis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
circle, circumference; boundary; outline; cheating, fraud; periodic sentence;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
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Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...effugere pigritiam; quibus incultus mos agrestisque uita est, circumscriptio ignota est et fraus et quodcumque in foro malum..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...diiunctio et ordo et relatio et digressio et circumscriptio. XXXV. Haec enim sunt fere atque horum similia..."