(v. a.P. a.) : circum-ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a.
* To drive or turn in a circle, turn round (most freq. since the Aug. per.; not in Cic. or Quint.): impera suovetaurilia circumagi,Cato, R. R. 141, 1.—And with two acc. (on account of circum): terram fundumque meum suovetaurilia circumagi jussi,Cato, R. R. 141, § 2: (annus) qui solstitiali circumagitur orbe,Liv. 1, 19, 6: chamaeleonis oculos ipsos circumagi totos tradunt,Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 152.—Act. in mid. sense (very rare): Aegeum pelagus summotas terras hinc ad promunturium, quod Sunium vocatur, magno ambitu mollique circumagit,rolls around, surrounds,Mel. 2, 2, 8.
* To drive around, produce by going around: pinctis bobus ... aratro circumagebant sulcum,Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll.—Hence
* To turn, turn about, wheel around: equos frenis,Liv. 1, 14, 9; 8, 7, 10; 10, 11, 1; Curt. 3, 11, 14 sq.: collum in aversam se,Plin. 11, 47, 107, § 256: corpora,Tac. H. 4, 29: se ad dissonos clamores,Liv. 4, 28, 2: circumagitur, cum venit, imago (in speculis),Lucr. 4, 316 (340): circumagente se vento,Liv. 37, 16, 4: aciem,id. 42, 64, 5: signa,id. 10, 36, 9; 6, 24, 7; Curt. 4, 6, 14: ut qui (milites) ultimi stabant... verti tamen et in frontem circumagi possent,id. 4, 13, 32: se,to turn about,Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 199; 16, 41, 80, § 220: legiones,to lead back,Flor. 3, 21, 6. —Hence, prov.: circumagetur hic orbis,the tide will turn,Liv. 42, 42, 6; cf.' praecipua cenationum rotunda, quae perpetuo diebus ac noctibus vice mundi circumageretur,Suet. Ner. 31.
* Trop.
* (Acc. to circum, II. C.) To run or drive about, proceed from one place to another: (milites) huc illuc clamoribus hostium circumagi,Tac. H, 3, 73: nil opus est te Circumagi, i. e. that you wander about with me, * Hor. S. 1, 9, 17.
* Of the vicissitudes of fortune, etc.: cum videamus tot varietates tam volubili orbe circumagi,Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 6.
* Aliquem aliquā re = circumdare, to surround with something: fratrem Saturnum muro,Lact. 1, 14.—Hence, circumactus, a, um, P. a., bent around, curved (perh. only in the two Plin.): in orbem circumactus,Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 102; 15, 14, 15, § 51; 16, 34, 62, § 146: sensim circumactis curvatisque litoribus,Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 12.
* Trop.: hic paululum circumacta fortuna est,changes, is changed,Flor. 2, 2, 22: sed unā voce, quā Quirites eos pro militibus appellarat, tam facile circumegit et flexit,Suet. Caes. 70: quo te circumagas?whither will you now turn?Juv. 9, 81: universum prope humanum genus circumegit in se,brought over to his side,Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 13.
* Trop.: non pendere ex alterius vultu ac nutu, nec alieni momentis animi circumagi,Liv. 39, 5, 3: rumoribus vulgi circumagi,id. 44, 34, 4; 26, 8, 3.

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