circumsteterat
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;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...adsecuti ab tergo iam pugnantes; ancepsque proelium Romanos circumsteterat incertos in quem potissimum hostem quamue in partem conferti..."Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...captarum pecuniarum crimina obicientes. Silvanum magna vis accusatorum circumsteterat poscebatque tempus evocandorum testium; reus ilico defendi postulabat. valuitque..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...igne iniecto cremavere; simul Cerialis propero agmine subvenit. circumsteterat Civilem et alius metus, ne quarta decima legio adiuncta..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...male adquiri, ita per bonas artis haud spernendum. circumsteterat interim Palatium publica expectatio, magni secreti impatiens; et male..."