(verb) : circum-clūdo, si, sum, 3, claudo
* To shut in, enclose on every side (in good class. prose): ne duobus circumcluderetur exercitibus,Caes. B. C. 3, 30; cf. * Suet. Tib. 20; Auct. B. Hisp. 6: cornua ab labris argento,to surround with a rim of silver,Caes. B. G. 6, 28 fin.; Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 344: SEPVLCRVM MACERIIS,Inscr. Orell. 4349.
* Trop.: L. Catilina consiliis, laboribus, periculis meis circumclusus ac debilitatus,hemmed in,Cic. Cat. 2, 7, 14: aliquem suis praesidiis, suā diligentiā,id. ib. 1, 3, 7; Cod. Just. 6, 51, 1 pr.

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