circumscriptus
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;
nom. sg. (m.) - 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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...diremptam in facies singulas distrahunt: arcus auteur uno circumscriptus est ductu, una totius est facies. [5,6] Quid..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...detraxere nocte pendentem supremoque mandaverunt officio. At miles circumscriptus dum desidet, ut postero die vidit unam sine cadavere..."Liber VIII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...ipsum. Lacus est in similitudinem iacentis rotae circumscriptus et undique aequalis: nullus sinus, obliquitas nulla, omnia dimensa paria..."
