circumsedisses
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. pluperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quondam quo ab Sicilia diuidimur ad perniciem nauigantium circumsedisse fabulae ferunt. ac si scelus libidinemque et auaritiam solus..."Liber XXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...agros hostium induxerit. Galli oram extremae siluae cum circumsedissent, ubi intravit agmen saltum, tum extremas arborum succisarum impellunt..."