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(verb) : circŭm-ĕo or circŭĕŏ (v. circum, III.; Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 736 sq.), īvi or ii, circuĭtum, īre (
* Inf. pass. circumirier, Plaut. Curc. 3, 81), and a.
* Prop., to go around, travel or march around, etc. (class.): sparsis Medea capillis Bacchantum ritu flagrantes circuit aras, Ov. M. 7, 258: per hortum circuit,makes a circuit,Plaut. As. 3, 3, 152; cf. Nep. Eum. 9, 2: si rectum limitem rupti torrentibus pontes inciderint, circumire cogemur,Quint. 2, 13, 16: an quasi mare omnes circumimus insulas? i. e. from one to another (cf. circum, II. C.), Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 6: alvearia,Col. 9, 9: fines equis,id. 1, 3: praedia,Cic. Caecin. 32, 94: haec una opera circuit per familias,Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 53: qui imperavit ei, ut omnes fores aedificii circumiret,Nep. Hann. 12, 4: urbem,Liv. 23, 25, 2: Marcio et Atilio Epirus, Aetolia et Thessalia circumeundae assignantur... Lentuli circumeuntes Peloponnesi oppida, etc.,id. 42, 37, 3 and 7: haud ignarus erat circuitam ab Romanis eam (Hispaniam) legatis,id. 21, 22, 1: Civilis avia Belgarum circumibat,Tac. H. 4, 70: manibus nexis trunci modum,to surround,Ov. M. 8, 748: non potuere uno anno circumirier,Plaut. Curc. 3, 81: proximis insulis circuitis,Suet. Aug. 98: equites circumitis hostium castris Crasso renuntiaverunt,Caes. B. G. 3, 25: circuitis templis,Suet. Ner. 19 al.: at pater omnipotens ingentia moenia caeli Circuit,Ov. M. 2, 402: circueunt unum Phineus et mille secuti Phinea,surround,id. ib. 5, 157 (cf. circum, II. E.): Leucada continuam veteres habuere coloni; nunc freta circumeunt,flow around it,id. ib. 15, 290: more lupi oves,id. P. 1, 2, 20: metam ferventi rotā,avoids,id. A. A. 3, 396.
* Esp.
* Trop.
* Esp. in milit. lang.: totam urbem muro turribusque circumiri posse,Caes. B. C. 2, 16: aciem, sinistrum cornu,id. ib. 3, 93 sq.: multitudine circumiri,Nep. Them. 3, 2; id. Dat. 7, 3; Liv. 41, 26, 4; Gall. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 4: ab iisdem acies Pompeiana a sinistrā parte erat circumita,Caes. B. C. 3, 94.
* To go from one to another, soliciting, canvassing, admonishing, etc., qs. to go the rounds (stronger than ambire, which signif. to go to this one and that; most freq. after the Aug. per.; in Cic. perh. only once, in his epistt.): itaque prenso amicos, supplico, ambio domos stationesque circumeo,Plin. Ep. 2, 9, 5: (Antonium) circumire veteranos, ut acta Caesaris sancirent,Cic. Att. 14, 21, 2; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2: Quinctilius circumire aciem Curionis atque obsecrare milites coepit,Caes. B. C. 2, 28: sed ipse Romulus circumibat docebatque,Liv. 1, 9, 14; 1, 47, 7; 3, 47, 2: ille Persarum tabernacula circumire, hortari,Curt. 5, 9, 17; Tac. A. 2, 29; Plin. Pan. 69, 2; Suet. Aug. 56; id. Tib. 11: rex agmen circuibat pedes,Curt. 7, 3, 17; cf.: cui orbem terrarum circumire non erit longum meā causā,Plin. Ep. 7, 16, 4; 2, 9, 5.
* To surround, enclose: totius belli fluctibus circumiri,Cic. Phil. 18, 9, 20: ne superante numero et peritiā locorum circumiretur,Tac. Agr. 25 fin.; Stat. S. 4, 4, 26.
* Like our circumvent, to deceive, impose upon, cheat, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 109: facinus indignum, Sic circumiri,Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 9: puerum arte dolosā,Mart. 8, 59, 14.
* Of discourse, to express by circumlocution (postAug.): res plurimae carent appellationibus, ut eas necesse sit transferre aut circumire,Quint. 12, 10, 34; 8, prooem. § 24 Spald.; 8, 2, 17: Vespasiani nomen suspensi et vitabundi circumibant,went around, avoided mentioning it,Tac. H. 3, 37.
* Inf. pass. circumirier, Plaut. Curc. 3, 81), and a.
* Prop., to go around, travel or march around, etc. (class.): sparsis Medea capillis Bacchantum ritu flagrantes circuit aras, Ov. M. 7, 258: per hortum circuit,makes a circuit,Plaut. As. 3, 3, 152; cf. Nep. Eum. 9, 2: si rectum limitem rupti torrentibus pontes inciderint, circumire cogemur,Quint. 2, 13, 16: an quasi mare omnes circumimus insulas? i. e. from one to another (cf. circum, II. C.), Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 6: alvearia,Col. 9, 9: fines equis,id. 1, 3: praedia,Cic. Caecin. 32, 94: haec una opera circuit per familias,Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 53: qui imperavit ei, ut omnes fores aedificii circumiret,Nep. Hann. 12, 4: urbem,Liv. 23, 25, 2: Marcio et Atilio Epirus, Aetolia et Thessalia circumeundae assignantur... Lentuli circumeuntes Peloponnesi oppida, etc.,id. 42, 37, 3 and 7: haud ignarus erat circuitam ab Romanis eam (Hispaniam) legatis,id. 21, 22, 1: Civilis avia Belgarum circumibat,Tac. H. 4, 70: manibus nexis trunci modum,to surround,Ov. M. 8, 748: non potuere uno anno circumirier,Plaut. Curc. 3, 81: proximis insulis circuitis,Suet. Aug. 98: equites circumitis hostium castris Crasso renuntiaverunt,Caes. B. G. 3, 25: circuitis templis,Suet. Ner. 19 al.: at pater omnipotens ingentia moenia caeli Circuit,Ov. M. 2, 402: circueunt unum Phineus et mille secuti Phinea,surround,id. ib. 5, 157 (cf. circum, II. E.): Leucada continuam veteres habuere coloni; nunc freta circumeunt,flow around it,id. ib. 15, 290: more lupi oves,id. P. 1, 2, 20: metam ferventi rotā,avoids,id. A. A. 3, 396.
* Esp.
* Trop.
* Esp. in milit. lang.: totam urbem muro turribusque circumiri posse,Caes. B. C. 2, 16: aciem, sinistrum cornu,id. ib. 3, 93 sq.: multitudine circumiri,Nep. Them. 3, 2; id. Dat. 7, 3; Liv. 41, 26, 4; Gall. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 4: ab iisdem acies Pompeiana a sinistrā parte erat circumita,Caes. B. C. 3, 94.
* To go from one to another, soliciting, canvassing, admonishing, etc., qs. to go the rounds (stronger than ambire, which signif. to go to this one and that; most freq. after the Aug. per.; in Cic. perh. only once, in his epistt.): itaque prenso amicos, supplico, ambio domos stationesque circumeo,Plin. Ep. 2, 9, 5: (Antonium) circumire veteranos, ut acta Caesaris sancirent,Cic. Att. 14, 21, 2; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2: Quinctilius circumire aciem Curionis atque obsecrare milites coepit,Caes. B. C. 2, 28: sed ipse Romulus circumibat docebatque,Liv. 1, 9, 14; 1, 47, 7; 3, 47, 2: ille Persarum tabernacula circumire, hortari,Curt. 5, 9, 17; Tac. A. 2, 29; Plin. Pan. 69, 2; Suet. Aug. 56; id. Tib. 11: rex agmen circuibat pedes,Curt. 7, 3, 17; cf.: cui orbem terrarum circumire non erit longum meā causā,Plin. Ep. 7, 16, 4; 2, 9, 5.
* To surround, enclose: totius belli fluctibus circumiri,Cic. Phil. 18, 9, 20: ne superante numero et peritiā locorum circumiretur,Tac. Agr. 25 fin.; Stat. S. 4, 4, 26.
* Like our circumvent, to deceive, impose upon, cheat, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 109: facinus indignum, Sic circumiri,Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 9: puerum arte dolosā,Mart. 8, 59, 14.
* Of discourse, to express by circumlocution (postAug.): res plurimae carent appellationibus, ut eas necesse sit transferre aut circumire,Quint. 12, 10, 34; 8, prooem. § 24 Spald.; 8, 2, 17: Vespasiani nomen suspensi et vitabundi circumibant,went around, avoided mentioning it,Tac. H. 3, 37.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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