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
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..."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..."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..."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..."