circumstetit
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. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...Felicitas iracundiam nutrit, ubi aures superbas adsentatorum turba circumstetit: 'tibi enim ille respondeat? Non pro fastigio..." - P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...tenens; non te rationis egentem Lernaeus turba capitum circumstetit anguis. salve, vera Iovis proles, decus addite divis..." - P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...gressus inferret. At illum curvata in montis faciem circumstetit unda accepitque sinu vasto misitque sub amnem. Iamque domum..." - P
Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...valles imumque Acheronta videtur, nunc, ubi demissam curvum circumstetit aequor, suspicere inferno summum de gurgite caelum. saepe..."