circumsiderier
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumsideo, circumsidere, circumsidi, circumsissus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
besiege/invest/blockade; surround, mob (person), beset; sit/live/settle round;
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...frumentatoribus refugientes quidam in castra nuntiassent consuli circumsideri praesidium, motus periculo tot ciuium—nam octingenti ferme et omnes..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...misso per neglecta ad Flavianos duces nuntio qui circumsideri ipsos et, ni subveniretur, artas res nuntiaret. noctem adeo..."
