circumvallari
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumvallo, circumvallare, circumvallavi, circumvallatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
surround with wall/siegeworks; blockade; beset, surround with troops/barriers;
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
Liber XXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quam virium erat; itaque desperata tutela urbis, ut circumvallari moenia viderunt, priusquam continuarentur hostium opera, per intermissa munimenta..."Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...adversus hostes casurumque inter signa Samnitium potius quam circumvallari castra Romana videat. Dicta consulis legati tribunique et omnes..."