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
- T
Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...adsecuti ab tergo iam pugnantes; ancepsque proelium Romanos circumsteterat incertos in quem potissimum hostem quamue in partem conferti..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."