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
- T
Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...frumentatoribus refugientes quidam in castra nuntiassent consuli circumsideri praesidium, motus periculo tot ciuium—nam octingenti ferme et omnes..." - P
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..."