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circumcido
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Lewis Short
(v. a.P. a.) : circum-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a.caedo
* To cut around, cut, clip, trim (orig. in agriculture; syn.: amputo, reseco): ars agricolarum, quae circumcidat, amputet, erigat, etc.,Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39: gemmam acuto scalpello circumcidito... ejusdem spatii corticem circumcidito,Col. Arb. 26, 8; 12, 36: latera scrobis,id. 5, 9, 9: arbores ad medullam,Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 191: aciem,Lucr. 3, 412: caespitem gladiis,Caes. B. G. 5, 42: ungues,Cels. 7, 26, 2: volnus,Plin. 25, 5, 25, § 61: genitalia (Judaeorum),to circumcise,Tac. H. 5, 5; cf. Petr. 102, 14; Gell. 17, 15, 7; Cels. 7, 25 init.
* Trop., to cut off, shorten, diminish, abridge, circumscribe (very freq. in prose; syn.: amputo, reseco, demo, aufero): testatur saepe Chrysippus, tres solas esse sententias, quae defendi possint, de finibus bonorum: circumcidit et amputat multitudinem,Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 138; so with amputo,id. de Or. 1, 15, 65; id. Fin. 1, 13, 44: sumptus circumcisi aut sublati,Liv. 32, 27, 4; so, impensam funeri,Phaedr. 4, 19, 25: circumcisā omni negotiosā actione,Cels. 4, 25: circumcidendum vinum est in totum annum,to be abstained from,id. 4, 20.—Of discourse, to lop or cut off, to remove: circumcisis rebus, quae non arbitror pertinere ad agriculturam,Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 11: circumcidat, si quid redundabit,Quint. 10, 2, 28; 4, 2, 42 Spald.: (oratio) rotunda et undique circumcisa,id. 8, 5, 27; 10, 1, 104: ineptas quaestiones,Sen. Contr. 2, 11.—Hence, cir-cumcīsus, a, um, P. a., lit. cut off around, cut off; hence
* Of localities = abscisus, abruptus, cut off from connection with the region around, steep, precipitous, inaccessible: saxum,Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11: Henna ab omni aditu circumcisa atque directa,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107: collis ex omni parte circumcisus,Caes. B. G. 7, 36.
* Trop., abridged, short, brief (so prob. not before the Aug. per.): quid enim tam circumcisum, tam breve, quam hominis vita longissima?Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 11.—Of discourse: circumcisae orationes et breves,Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 4; cf. supra,Quint. 8, 5, 27. —Adv.: circumcīsē, briefly: rem ante oculos ponere circumcise atque velociter,Quint. 8, 3, 81; * Suet. Rhet. 6; Macr. 5, 1.
* To cut around, cut, clip, trim (orig. in agriculture; syn.: amputo, reseco): ars agricolarum, quae circumcidat, amputet, erigat, etc.,Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39: gemmam acuto scalpello circumcidito... ejusdem spatii corticem circumcidito,Col. Arb. 26, 8; 12, 36: latera scrobis,id. 5, 9, 9: arbores ad medullam,Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 191: aciem,Lucr. 3, 412: caespitem gladiis,Caes. B. G. 5, 42: ungues,Cels. 7, 26, 2: volnus,Plin. 25, 5, 25, § 61: genitalia (Judaeorum),to circumcise,Tac. H. 5, 5; cf. Petr. 102, 14; Gell. 17, 15, 7; Cels. 7, 25 init.
* Trop., to cut off, shorten, diminish, abridge, circumscribe (very freq. in prose; syn.: amputo, reseco, demo, aufero): testatur saepe Chrysippus, tres solas esse sententias, quae defendi possint, de finibus bonorum: circumcidit et amputat multitudinem,Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 138; so with amputo,id. de Or. 1, 15, 65; id. Fin. 1, 13, 44: sumptus circumcisi aut sublati,Liv. 32, 27, 4; so, impensam funeri,Phaedr. 4, 19, 25: circumcisā omni negotiosā actione,Cels. 4, 25: circumcidendum vinum est in totum annum,to be abstained from,id. 4, 20.—Of discourse, to lop or cut off, to remove: circumcisis rebus, quae non arbitror pertinere ad agriculturam,Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 11: circumcidat, si quid redundabit,Quint. 10, 2, 28; 4, 2, 42 Spald.: (oratio) rotunda et undique circumcisa,id. 8, 5, 27; 10, 1, 104: ineptas quaestiones,Sen. Contr. 2, 11.—Hence, cir-cumcīsus, a, um, P. a., lit. cut off around, cut off; hence
* Of localities = abscisus, abruptus, cut off from connection with the region around, steep, precipitous, inaccessible: saxum,Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11: Henna ab omni aditu circumcisa atque directa,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107: collis ex omni parte circumcisus,Caes. B. G. 7, 36.
* Trop., abridged, short, brief (so prob. not before the Aug. per.): quid enim tam circumcisum, tam breve, quam hominis vita longissima?Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 11.—Of discourse: circumcisae orationes et breves,Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 4; cf. supra,Quint. 8, 5, 27. —Adv.: circumcīsē, briefly: rem ante oculos ponere circumcise atque velociter,Quint. 8, 3, 81; * Suet. Rhet. 6; Macr. 5, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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