circumvallatis
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;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.pl. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Liber VII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...Romanis occupato, si alterum amisissent, quin paene circumvallati atque omni exitu et pabulatione interclusi viderentur: ad hunc muniendum..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...consule ad lucem est. Luce prima iam circumvallati ab dictatore erant et vix adversus unum exercitum pugnam sustinebant..."