circumvenitur
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;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...privatisque non numquam consiliis, alias vero consternatione publica circumvenitur. Levis enim et privata pernicies non totas urbes movet..."Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Romam esset, magister equitum pabulatum egressus ex insidiis circumvenitur signisque aliquot amissis foeda militum caede ac fuga..."