circumsederis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumsedeo, circumsedere, circumsedi, circumsessus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
besiege/invest/blockade; surround, mob (person), beset; sit/live/settle round;
sg. futperf. act. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndsg. perf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
- T
Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...nihil timendi, sic nihil contemnendi auctorem esse. Circumsederi urbem Romanam ab invidia et odio finitimorum; itaque et ducibus..." - P
Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...provinciae inlatam: socium amicumque regem, cohortes Romanas circumsederi. omitteret potius obsidionem, aut se quoque in agro hostili castra..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...rumore a Sarmatis Dacisque Moesica ac Pannonica hiberna circumsederi; paria de Britannia fingebantur. sed nihil aeque quam incendium..."