circumveniebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumvenio, circumvenire, circumveni, circumventus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
encircle, surround; assail, beset; enclose; circumvent; defraud/trick; surpass;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...hostis deterrere nequiverant, disiectos ab tergo aut lateribus circumveniebant; sin opportunior fugae collis quam campi fuerat, ea vero..."Agricola
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...adpropinquaverunt, primos sequentium incautos collecti et locorum gnari circumveniebant. Quod ni frequens ubique Agricola validas et expeditas cohortis..."