circumsistere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumsisto, circumsistere, circumstiti, circumstatus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
stand/gather/crowd/take a stand around; surround, beset; be on either side;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Liber VII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...transissent, una ex parte ipsi, altera Arverni se circumsisterent. Id eane de causa, quam legatis pronuntiarunt, an perfidia..."Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...impero, uinciri uos iam iubebo.' adferri catenas et circumsistere lictores iussit. tum fracta Phaeneae ferocia Aetolisque aliis..."Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...modum obsidii stationibus cingebat, donec Parthi contumeliarum insolentes circumsisterent regem poscerent proelium. atque illis sola in equite..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...praeruptis utrimque fossis via quieto quoque agmini angusta. circumsistere alii signa sua, quaerere alii; incertus undique clamor adcurrentium..."