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
- G
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...hostis deterrere nequiverant, disiectos ab tergo aut lateribus circumveniebant; sin opportunior fugae collis quam campi fuerat, ea vero..." - P
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..."