circumstantia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumsto, circumstare, circumsteti, circumstatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
stand/gather/crowd around, surround, beset; be on either side;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →circumstantia, circumstantiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
encircling position/troop; closing of fluid round passing object; circumstance;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...venit, ostendit exitium de loci importunitate et hostium circumstantia maturum. "Censeo," inquit "si rem servare vis, faciundum..."Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...quasi appendices personarum et causarum et temporum et circumstantiae ipsius necessitates, quas includere in praecepta difficilest, moderantur..."
