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                    "description": "circum-fĕro, tŭli, lātum, ferre\n* V. a. to bear round, or, in gen., to move or carry   round or about (class. in prose and poetry).\n* Prop.: age circumfer mulsum,pass around,Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 45: satiatis vino ciboque poculum... circumferetur,Liv. 26, 13, 18: circumferri vinum largius jubet,Curt. 7, 4, 7: hisce (poculis) etiam nunc in publico convivio potio circumfertur,Varr. L. L. 5, § 122 Müll.: sanguinem in pateris,Sall. C. 22, 1; Flor. 4, 1, 4 Duker: circa ea omnia templa Philippum infestos circumtulisse ignes,Liv. 31, 30, 7: reliquias cenae,Suet. Galb. 22: lyram in conviviis,Quint. 1, 10, 19: codicem,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104: filium suis manibus,Quint. 2, 15, 8: diuque arma circumferens alia tela clipeo excipiebat, corpore alia vitabat,Curt. 6, 1, 4: ter heros Immanem circumfert tegmine silvam,Verg. A. 10, 887: pavimenta in expeditionibus,Suet. Caes. 46: ubique pellem vituli marini,id. Aug. 90.—Of books carried about for sale, Quint. 2, 13, 15; 2, 15, 4 al.: huc atque huc acies circumtulit,Verg. A. 12, 558; cf. oculos,to cast around,Ov. M. 6, 169; 15, 674; Liv. 2, 10, 8; 5, 41, 4; Curt. 6, 11, 36; Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 2: vultus,Ov. M. 3, 241; Suet. Caes. 85.—Mid.: sol ut circumferatur,revolve,Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178; cf.: linea circumferens, the circumference, Gromat. Vet. 5, 10: nec mirari hominem mercede conductum... ad nutum licentium circumferri,Curt. 5, 12, 2.\n* Trop. (mostly in the poets and histt.), to spread around: bellum,Liv. 9, 41, 6; 9, 45, 17; 10, 17, 2; 28, 3, 1; Tac. A. 13, 37 (for which: spargere bellum,id. ib. 3, 21): belli umbram,Sil. 15, 316: et circumferentem arma Scipionem omnibus finitimis raptim perdomitis ipsam Carthaginem repente adgressurum credebant,Liv. 30, 9, 3; Flor. 1, pr. 2; 3, 12, 1: signa,id. 3, 5, 29: incendia et caedes et terrorem,Tac. A. 2, 52; cf.: terrorem nominis sui late,Flor. 2, 2, 21: Caesar circumferens terrarum orbi praesentia pacis suae bona,Vell. 2, 92, 2; Plin. Pan. 7, 5.\n* Of a narrative or discourse, to publish abroad, proclaim, divulge, disseminate among the people, report (prob. nct ante-Aug.): ut circumferetur M. Philippi factum atque dictum,Col. 8, 16, 3; Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 1; 6, 8, 2: illud quidem ingens fama, haec nulla circumfert,id. ib. 3, 16, 13.—With acc. and inf.: novi aliquam, quae se circumferat esse Corinnam,Ov. Am. 2, 17, 29. —Hence, of writings: circumferri,to be widely circulated,Quint. 2, 13, 15; 2, 15, 4.\n* In the lang. of religion, to lustrate, purify any one by carrying around him consecrated objects (torches, offerings, etc.) = lustrare, purgare: quaeso quin tu istanc jubes Pro cerritā circumferri?Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 144: aliquem pro larvato, id. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 229: tum ferto omnia sum circumlatus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 261, 27: idem ter socios purā circumtulit undā, carried around pure water, i. e. for purification (poet. constr. for undam circum socios), Verg. A. 6, 229 Serv. and Wagn.; Veg. 3, 74.—*\n* In rhetoric: oratio deducta et circumlata,expanded, drawn out into periods,Quint. 4, 1, 60 Spald."
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