circumsessus
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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...proditus deinde ab eis qui in Insula erant circumsessus ab uniuersa ciuitate quae Achradinam tenuerit nequiquam palam atque..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...exercitus se in montes proximos reciperent. Tumulus tamen circumsessus ultra mediam noctem est; quo cum circumsedentibus nuntiatum esset..."