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1 circumitio
circŭmĭtĭo, v. circuitio. -
2 circumitio
going round; patrol, rounds; passage/structure around (building); rotation, revolution; rate of revolution; orbit; circumference; circumlocution -
3 circumitiō or circuitiō
circumitiō or circuitiō f [circumeo], a going round, patrolling, L.—Fig., a circumlocution, indirection: nil circumitione usus es, T.: quid opus est circumitione: circumitione quādam deos tollens. -
4 circuitio
circŭĭtĭo ( circŭmĭtĭo, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40; 2, 61, 127; Liv. 3, 6, 9; Front. de Or. 3; Amm. 24, 2, 2), ōnis, f. [circumeo].I.A going round; in milit. lang., the rounds: circuitio ac cura (vigiliarum) aedilium plebei erat. Liv. 3, 6, 9.—2.A circuit: muni mentum fluminis circumitione vallatum, Amm 24, 2, 2.—B.Trop., a circuitous mode, a circumlocution. ita aperte ipsam rem modo locutus, nil circuitione usus es, [p. 335] Ter. And. 1, 2, 31:II.quid opus est circumitione et anfractu?
Cic. Div. 2, 61, 127, cf. Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43: Epicurus circuitione quādam ( in an indirect manner) deos tollens, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40.—Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), a place for going round something, a way, passage, corridor, Vitr. 4, 4; 6, 3; 10, 19.—B.A circumference, compass, Vitr. 1, 5; 2, 10.
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CIRCUMITIO — vide supra Circuitiones … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
