circumsidet
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;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd - Entry →circumsido, circumsidere, circumsidi, circumsissus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
besiege/invest/blockade; surround, mob (person), beset; sit/live/settle round;
sg. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...potior incubuissent, auget viris positisque castris Thubuscum oppidum circumsidet. at Dolabella contracto quod erat militum, terrore nominis Romani..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...mulcato corpore, haud minus miserabiles quam quos hostis circumsidet: quippe illic etiam honestae mortis usus, his inglorium exitium..."
