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  • 1 circum

        circum    [acc. of circus], adv. and praep.    I. Adv, around, round about, all around: Arboribus clausi circum, V.: quae circum essent opera, Cs.: portis circum omnibus instant, V.: circum tutae sub moenibus urbis, round about under the walls, V.: Gentibus circumque infraque relictis, O.: circum Undique convenere, on all sides, V.—    II. Praep. with acc. (sometimes following its case), around, about, all around: terra circum axem se convertit: novas circum felix eat hostia fruges, V.: circum caput Deposuit radios, O. — About, upon, around, near: capillus circum caput Reiectus, T.: flexo circum tempora cornu, O.: flumina circum, on the borders of the rivulets, V.: turbā circum te stante, H.: Circum claustra fremunt, V. — Among, around, through, to: circum villulas nostras errare, in our villas around: circum Me vectari rura caballo, H.: pueros circum amicos dimittit, to friends around: ducebat eos circum civitates: dimissis circum municipia litteris, Cs.: circum oram maritimam misit, ut, etc., L.: oras et litora circum Errans, V.—In the neighborhood of, around, about, at, near by: templa circum forum: urbes, quae circum Capuam sunt.—Of attendants, with, attending, accompanying: paucae, quae circum illam essent, T.: Hectora circum, V.: Circum pedes homines habere, i. e. slaves.—    III. In composition, the m before vowels was not pronounced, and is often omitted; circum with many verbs forms a loose compound, and tmesis is frequent in poetry (see circumago, circumdo, etc.). Some edd. have circum verto, circum volito, etc.
    * * *
    I
    about, around; round about, near; in a circle; in attendance; on both sides
    II
    around, about, among, near (space/time), in neighborhood of; in circle around

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  • 2 Circa

    1.
    circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].
    I.
    Adv.
    A.
    ( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:

    gramen erat circa,

    Ov. M. 3, 411:

    ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,

    Verg. A. 12, 757:

    at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,

    Tib. 1, 3, 87:

    circaque quā tumor est,

    Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:

    circa Padus amnis,

    id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,

    Curt. 4, 12, 20:

    alibi quam Romao circaque,

    Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—
    B.
    Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:

    ex montibus qui circa sunt,

    Liv. 1, 4, 6:

    Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,

    id. 1, 41, 1:

    sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,

    Nep. Eum. 10, 4:

    eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,

    Liv. 34, 29, 6:

    Corinthus et quae circa est regio,

    Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:

    multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,

    the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;

    42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),

    id. 21, 7, 5:

    corpora multa virūm circa,

    Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—
    C.
    Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;

    nam et circa omnia defecerunt,

    id. 9, 23, 10:

    cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,

    id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:

    exhausto circa omni agro,

    id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—
    II.
    Prep. with acc.
    A.
    In space.
    1.
    ( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:

    quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,

    Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

    circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:

    circa equum Alexandri,

    Curt. 4, 15, 26:

    illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:

    quem circa tigres jacent,

    Ov. M. 3, 668.—
    2.
    ( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):

    Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,

    Liv. 1, 9, 2:

    legatis circa duodecim populos missis,

    id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:

    circa domos ire,

    id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;

    29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,

    id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:

    litteris circa praefectos dimissis,

    Liv. 42, 51, 1:

    custodes circa omnes portas missi,

    id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—
    3.
    ( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:

    Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:

    circa Liternum posuit castra,

    in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:

    tabernae erant circa forum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 38:

    circa Armeniae montes,

    Curt. 5, 1, 13:

    Acesinen amnem,

    Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

    domum auream,

    Suet. Ner. 38:

    sacrificantem,

    id. Claud. 36.—
    b.
    As a less definite designation of place for in:

    Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,

    Vell. 1, 2, 5:

    circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,

    Curt. 4, 9, 1:

    quod circa Syriam nascitur,

    Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;

    Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,

    id. 1, 5, 44; cf.

    finem,

    id. 4, 3, 5:

    virentes campos,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:

    cum amor saeviet circa jecur,

    id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:

    dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,

    Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:

    quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,

    Liv. 21, 37, 3:

    compositis circa Opuntem rebus,

    id. 28, 7, 9:

    iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,

    id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

    multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,

    id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    4.
    ( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:

    multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:

    ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,

    Liv. 29, 1, 2:

    omnes,

    Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:

    circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,

    Curt. 3, 1, 17:

    e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,

    id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:

    quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,

    Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:

    circa latus alicujus agere,

    to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:

    omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,

    Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—
    B.
    (Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.

    circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,

    Liv. 42, 57, 10:

    circa eum mensem,

    Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:

    lucis ortum,

    Curt. 5, 3, 7:

    lucem,

    Suet. Oth. 11:

    mediam noctem,

    id. Claud. 2:

    vernum aequinoctium,

    Col. 5, 6, 19:

    Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,

    id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:

    septimum diem,

    Cels. 2, 6:

    undecimam horam,

    Suet. Caes. 88:

    lustra decem,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:

    tempora illa,

    Quint. 11, 3, 143:

    tempora Peloponnesia,

    id. 12, 10, 4:

    Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,

    Vell. 2, 93, 1:

    Magni Pompeii aetatem,

    Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:

    mortem,

    id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:

    initia imperii,

    Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):

    circa Demetrium Phalerea,

    about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:

    Tisiam et Coraca,

    id. 2, 17, 7:

    Philippum,

    id. 12, 10, 6:

    Ciceronem,

    Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:

    Attium,

    Vell. 1, 17, 1.—
    2.
    In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):

    ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,

    Liv. 45, 34, 6:

    quingentos Romanorum,

    id. 27, 42, 8:

    decem milia Persarum,

    Curt. 4, 6, 30:

    sestertium vicies,

    Suet. Claud. 6:

    quartum milliarium,

    id. Ner. 48:

    selibram,

    Cels. 4, 19:

    singulas heminas,

    id. 7, 15.—
    C.
    (Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.
    1.
    Upon substantives:

    circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,

    Quint. 10, 5, 5:

    circa S litteram deliciae,

    id. 1, 11, 6:

    verba dissensio,

    id. 3, 11, 5:

    memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,

    id. 11, 2, 22:

    hoc opiniones,

    id. 2, 15, 1;

    Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,

    Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:

    voces inani studio,

    id. 8, prooem §

    18 et saep: rura sermo,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:

    classicum brevis et expeditus labor,

    Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:

    hospitia nullum fastidium,

    id. Pan. 20, 3:

    publica circa bonas artes socordia,

    Tac. A. 11, 15:

    principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,

    Suet. Claud. 14.—
    2.
    Upon adjectives:

    non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 12:

    jus nostrum attentior,

    id. 4, 5, 21:

    studia mentis erectae,

    id. 1, 3, 10:

    lites raras ridiculi,

    id. 7, 1, 43:

    praecepta utiles sententiae,

    id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:

    corporis curam morosior,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    victum indifferens,

    id. ib. 53:

    deos ac religiones neglegentior,

    id. Tib. 69:

    administrationem imperii vacuus,

    id. Dom. 3 al.:

    summa scelera distentum,

    Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:

    adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,

    id. G. 28:

    excessus otiosus,

    id. Or. 22:

    se animati,

    Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —
    3.
    Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:

    hoc disputatum est,

    id. 1, 5, 34:

    priores erratur,

    id. 2, 5, 26:

    formas litterarum haerere,

    id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:

    consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,

    Tac. H. 1, 13:

    Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,

    id. Or. 3:

    successorem omnia ordinari,

    Suet. Claud. 45:

    ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,

    id. ib. 22.
    ► Circa very rarely follows its case:

    quem circa,

    Cic.
    Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.
    2.
    Circa, ae, v. Circe.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Circa

  • 3 circa

    1.
    circā, a later access. form for circum; not freq. before the Aug. per., esp. in Livy and Quintilian [acc. to Klotz, circa = circum ea; cf: antea, interea, postea, praeterea, etc.].
    I.
    Adv.
    A.
    ( = circum, I. B.) Around, round about, all around, in the environs or neighborhood:

    gramen erat circa,

    Ov. M. 3, 411:

    ripaeque lacusque Responsant circa,

    Verg. A. 12, 757:

    at circa gravibus pensis affixa puella... remittat opus,

    Tib. 1, 3, 87:

    circaque quā tumor est,

    Cels. 5, 28, 3; 5, 28, 4: fluvius ab tergo; ante circaque velut ripa praeceps oram ejus omnem cingebat, Liv. 27, 18, 5; 28, 33, 2:

    circa Padus amnis,

    id. 21, 43, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    caligo, quam circa umidi effuderant montes,

    Curt. 4, 12, 20:

    alibi quam Romao circaque,

    Plin. 26, 1, 1, § 1; Quint. 12, prooem. § 2; Tac. A. 2, 11.—
    B.
    Circa esse, to be in the region around, in the neighborhood:

    ex montibus qui circa sunt,

    Liv. 1, 4, 6:

    Tarquinium moribundum cum qui circa erant excepissent,

    id. 1, 41, 1:

    sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant,

    Nep. Eum. 10, 4:

    eversa est turris quodque circa muri erat,

    Liv. 34, 29, 6:

    Corinthus et quae circa est regio,

    Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69; Quint. 10, 7, 16. —Also freq. without esse, in connection with a subst.:

    multarum circa civitatum irritatis animis,

    the towns lying around, Liv. 1, 17, 4; 9, 2, 1; 27, 30, 3; 29, 29, 2;

    42, 64, 2: angulus muri erat in planiorem patentioremque quam cetera circa vallem vergens ( = cetera loca quae circa erant),

    id. 21, 7, 5:

    corpora multa virūm circa,

    Verg. A. 7, 535; Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.—
    C.
    Strengthened: undique circa and circa omnis ( = circum), round about, all around: frumento undique circa ex agris convecto. Liv. 42, 56, 8; 23, 19, 8;

    nam et circa omnia defecerunt,

    id. 9, 23, 10:

    cum tam procul Romani unica spes, circa omnia hostium essent,

    id. 21, 11, 12; cf. id. 9, 2, 7 Drak.:

    exhausto circa omni agro,

    id. 31, 38, 1; 24, 3, 3; Val. Fl. 8, 2; Flor. 1, 18, 12 Duker; Quint. 9, 2, 45.—
    II.
    Prep. with acc.
    A.
    In space.
    1.
    ( = circum, II. B.) Prop., in the region which surrounds, about, around, on the sides of:

    quam (Hennam) circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    noctu ligna contulerunt circa casam eam, in quā quiescebat,

    Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

    circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 1:

    circa equum Alexandri,

    Curt. 4, 15, 26:

    illi robur et aes triplex Circa pectus erat,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; id. S. 2, 6, 34:

    quem circa tigres jacent,

    Ov. M. 3, 668.—
    2.
    ( = circum, II. C.) Into... around, to... round about, etc. (first in Livy):

    Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit,

    Liv. 1, 9, 2:

    legatis circa duodecim populos missis,

    id. 4, 23, 5; 28, 26, 11:

    circa domos ire,

    id. 26, 13, 1; 25, 9, 2; 39, 18, 2;

    29, 22, 3: circa civitates missi legati,

    id. 21, 49, 7 Weissenb.; 31, 3, 5; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123; Suet. Aug. 49; id. Ner. 28:

    litteris circa praefectos dimissis,

    Liv. 42, 51, 1:

    custodes circa omnes portas missi,

    id. 28, 26, 11; 26, 13, 1.—
    3.
    ( = circum, II. D.) With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the region of, near to, near by:

    Capuam et urbis circa Capuam occupare,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 22:

    circa Liternum posuit castra,

    in the neighborhood of, Liv. 23, 35, 6:

    tabernae erant circa forum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 38:

    circa Armeniae montes,

    Curt. 5, 1, 13:

    Acesinen amnem,

    Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23:

    domum auream,

    Suet. Ner. 38:

    sacrificantem,

    id. Claud. 36.—
    b.
    As a less definite designation of place for in:

    Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam,

    Vell. 1, 2, 5:

    circa Mesopotamiam subsistere,

    Curt. 4, 9, 1:

    quod circa Syriam nascitur,

    Plin. 19, 3, 16, § 46;

    Quint. prooem. § 20: initia statim primi libri,

    id. 1, 5, 44; cf.

    finem,

    id. 4, 3, 5:

    virentes campos,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 5:

    cum amor saeviet circa jecur,

    id. ib. 1, 25, 15 (cf. Petr. 17, 8:

    dolor saevit in praecordiis). So esp. freq. in medic. lang.: circa faciem, nares, aures, labra,

    Cels. 5, 28, 2; 5, 2, 8.—So in Livy, with names of places, approaching the more general use of later writers, v. infra, C.:

    quadriduum circa rupem consumptum,

    Liv. 21, 37, 3:

    compositis circa Opuntem rebus,

    id. 28, 7, 9:

    iisdem diebus circa Chalcidem Thoas... eandem fortunam habuit,

    id. 35, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

    multos circa unam rem ambitus fecerim,

    id. 27, 27, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    4.
    ( = circum, II. E.) In respect to persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, adherents, etc.), around, about:

    multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus (sarcast. for indagatoribus) suis, quos circa se haberet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126:

    ex iis trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat,

    Liv. 29, 1, 2:

    omnes,

    Suet. Aug. 48; id. Calig. 43:

    circa regem erat et Phrygum turba,

    Curt. 3, 1, 17:

    e spadonibus, qui circa reginam erant,

    id. 4, 10, 25: omne sed officium circa te semper obibat turba tui sexūs, [p. 334] Mart. 1, 91, 3:

    quod omnes circa te similes tui effecisti,

    Plin. Pan. 83, 3.—In the language of the imperial court:

    circa latus alicujus agere,

    to wait on, altend, Dig. 27, 1, 30.—Hence also without a verb: circa aliquem, = hoi peri tina, the attendants, companions of a person:

    omnibus vero circa eum gratuito aut levi fenore obstrictis,

    Suet. Caes. 27; id. Dom. 9; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 7 Drak.—
    B.
    (Peculiar to the form circa). In time, designating nearness, proximity to a definite point of time, about (first in Livy; cf.

    circiter): postero die circa eandem horam in eundem locum rex copias admovit,

    Liv. 42, 57, 10:

    circa eum mensem,

    Plin. 9, 18, 33, § 69:

    lucis ortum,

    Curt. 5, 3, 7:

    lucem,

    Suet. Oth. 11:

    mediam noctem,

    id. Claud. 2:

    vernum aequinoctium,

    Col. 5, 6, 19:

    Kalendas et Idus Octobr.,

    id. 5, 10, 8, 5, 10, 12; 5, 12, 2 al.; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 4; Pall. 2, 4; 2, 7 al.—With definite numbers:

    septimum diem,

    Cels. 2, 6:

    undecimam horam,

    Suet. Caes. 88:

    lustra decem,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 6; Scrib. 227.—With general designations of time:

    tempora illa,

    Quint. 11, 3, 143:

    tempora Peloponnesia,

    id. 12, 10, 4:

    Murenae Cepionisque conjurationis tempus,

    Vell. 2, 93, 1:

    Magni Pompeii aetatem,

    Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 156:

    mortem,

    id. 11, 37, 73, § 189:

    initia imperii,

    Suet. Claud. 7.—And in the designation of periods of time by persons who belonged to them (cf. ante):

    circa Demetrium Phalerea,

    about the time of Demetrius Phalereus, Quint. 2, 4, 41 Spald.:

    Tisiam et Coraca,

    id. 2, 17, 7:

    Philippum,

    id. 12, 10, 6:

    Ciceronem,

    Sen. Contr. 1 praef.:

    Attium,

    Vell. 1, 17, 1.—
    2.
    In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost (first in Livy for the usual ad or circiter):

    ea fuere oppida circa septuaginta,

    Liv. 45, 34, 6:

    quingentos Romanorum,

    id. 27, 42, 8:

    decem milia Persarum,

    Curt. 4, 6, 30:

    sestertium vicies,

    Suet. Claud. 6:

    quartum milliarium,

    id. Ner. 48:

    selibram,

    Cels. 4, 19:

    singulas heminas,

    id. 7, 15.—
    C.
    (Also peculiar to the form circa, and only in post-Aug. prose; esp. freq. in Quint., occurring more than seventy times.) Trop. for the designation of an object about which, as if it were a centre, any thing moves, is done, etc., around, about, in, in respect to, etc.; depending upon substt., adjj., or verbs.
    1.
    Upon substantives:

    circa eosdem sensus certamen atque aemulatio,

    Quint. 10, 5, 5:

    circa S litteram deliciae,

    id. 1, 11, 6:

    verba dissensio,

    id. 3, 11, 5:

    memoriam suam vanitas atque jactatio,

    id. 11, 2, 22:

    hoc opiniones,

    id. 2, 15, 1;

    Plin 8, 16, 19, § 48: quem pugna est,

    Quint. 8, 6, 1; 7, 1, 15:

    voces inani studio,

    id. 8, prooem §

    18 et saep: rura sermo,

    Plin. 18, 1, 1, § 5:

    classicum brevis et expeditus labor,

    Plin. Ep 3, 9, 13:

    hospitia nullum fastidium,

    id. Pan. 20, 3:

    publica circa bonas artes socordia,

    Tac. A. 11, 15:

    principem novo exemplo, i. e. in principe,

    Suet. Claud. 14.—
    2.
    Upon adjectives:

    non circa plurium artium species praestantem, sed in omnibus eminentissimum,

    Quint. 12, 10, 12:

    jus nostrum attentior,

    id. 4, 5, 21:

    studia mentis erectae,

    id. 1, 3, 10:

    lites raras ridiculi,

    id. 7, 1, 43:

    praecepta utiles sententiae,

    id. 10, 1, 52; 6, 1, 42 al.:

    corporis curam morosior,

    Suet. Caes. 45:

    victum indifferens,

    id. ib. 53:

    deos ac religiones neglegentior,

    id. Tib. 69:

    administrationem imperii vacuus,

    id. Dom. 3 al.:

    summa scelera distentum,

    Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.:

    adfectationem Germanicae originis ultro ambitiosi,

    id. G. 28:

    excessus otiosus,

    id. Or. 22:

    se animati,

    Just. 14, 1, 3 al. —
    3.
    Upon verbs facetum quoque non tantum circa ridicula opinor consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19:

    hoc disputatum est,

    id. 1, 5, 34:

    priores erratur,

    id. 2, 5, 26:

    formas litterarum haerere,

    id. 1, 1, 21, cf. id. 5, 10, 114; Suet. Aug. 71. res tenues morari, Quint 1, 1, 35:

    consilium elegendi successoris in duas factiones scindebantur,

    Tac. H. 1, 13:

    Medeam, Thyestem (tragoedias) tempus consumas,

    id. Or. 3:

    successorem omnia ordinari,

    Suet. Claud. 45:

    ceremonias, item circa omnium ordinum statum quaedam correxit,

    id. ib. 22.
    ► Circa very rarely follows its case:

    quem circa,

    Cic.
    Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Ov. A. A. 2, 577; id..3, 668; cf. circum, II. fin.
    2.
    Circa, ae, v. Circe.

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  • 4 circum

    circum [properly acc. from circus = kirkos], adv. and prep., designates either an entire encompassing or surrounding of an object, or a proximity only partially em. bracing or comprehending it, around, about, all around, peri, amphi
    I.
    Adv.
    A.
    Around, round about, all around, etc., perix:

    furcas circum offigito,

    Cato, R. R. 48, 2; Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 1;

    Verg A 3, 230: quia (locus) vastis circum saltibus claudebatur,

    Tac. A. 4, 25:

    molli circum est ansas amplexus acantho,

    Verg. E. 3, 45:

    age tu interim Da cito ab Delphio Cantharum circum,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 33:

    quae circum essent opera tueri,

    Caes. B. C 2, 10:

    interea Rutuli portis circum omnibus instant,

    Verg. A. 10, 118 (i. e. circumcirca fusi:

    nam modo circum adverbium loci est, Serv.): omnem, quae nuno.umida circum Caligat, nu. bem eripiam,

    id. ib. 2, 605; Tib. 1, 3, 77; 1, 5, 11. sed circum tutae sub moenibus urbis aquantur, round about under the walls, Verg. G 4, 193. faciundum haras quadratas circum binos pedes, all around, i. e. on every side, two feet, Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 3 Schneid.—
    b.
    Strengthened with undique (in later Latin also sometimes written as one word, circumundique), from everywhere around, around on all sides:

    circum Undique convenere,

    Verg. A. 4, 416; Lucr. 3, 404:

    clausis circum undique portis,

    Stat. S. 2, 5, 13; 5, 1, 155; id. Th. 2, 228:

    oppositu circumundique aliarum aedium,

    Gell. 4, 5, 3; 13, 24, 1; 14, 2, 9;

    so with totus and omnis,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 1; Verg. A. 10, 118.—
    B.
    Of an incomplete circuit, esp. of the part that meets the view, lies on the hither side, etc. (v. under II.):

    hostilibus circum litoribus,

    Tac. A. 2, 24:

    aestas... aperto circum pelago peramoena,

    id. ib. 4, 67:

    gentibus innumeris circum infraque relictis,

    Ov. M. 4, 668; Stat. Achill. 1, 56:

    corpus servans circumque supraque vertitur,

    id. Th. 9, 114; Albin. Carm. ap. Maecen. 46.
    II.
    Prep. with acc.
    A.
    Around, abow (implying a complete circuit):

    armillas quattuor facito, quas circum orbem indas,

    Cato, R. R. 21, 4:

    terra circum axem se summā celeritate convertit,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; Quint. 2, 17, 19 Zumpt N. cr.:

    ligato circum collum sudario,

    Suet. Ner. 51:

    terque novas circum felix eat hostia fruges,

    Verg. G. 1, 345:

    at genitor circum caput omne micantes Deposuit radios,

    Ov. M. 2, 40.—
    B.
    As in adv. B., of an incomplete circuit, about, upon, around, near:

    capillus sparsus, promissus, circum caput Rejectus neglegenter,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49:

    flexo circum cava tempora cornu,

    Ov. M. 7, 313; 10, 116; 11, 159:

    tum Salii ad cantus incensa altaria circum adsunt,

    Verg. A. 8, 285:

    varios hic flumina circum Fundit humus flores,

    on the borders of the rivulets, id. E. 9, 40:

    urgeris turbā circum te stante,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 135; cf. id. C. 2, 16, 33:

    circum renidentes Lares,

    id. Epod. 2, 66; Verg. G. 2, 484; cf. Luc. 2, 557:

    illi indignantes Circum claustra fremunt,

    Verg. A. 1, 56:

    oras et litora circum errantem,

    id. ib. 3, 75.—
    C.
    Circum very freq. expresses, not a relative motion around a given central point, but an absol. circular movement, in which several objects named form separate points of a periphery, in, into, among... around, to... around, etc.:

    te adloquor, Quae circum vicinos vages,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 14: ego Arpini volo esse pridie Cal., deinde circum villulas nostras errare, not round about our villas, but in our villas around, Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3; cf Hor. S. 1, 6, 58:

    tum Naevius pueros circum amicos dimittit,

    to friends around, Cic. Quint. 6, 25; Suet. Ner. 47:

    cum praetorem circum omnia fora sectaretur,

    Cic. Verr 2, 2, 70, § 169:

    Apronius ducebat eos circum civitates,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 26, §

    65: ille circum hospites cursabat,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 19, §

    41: lenonem quondam Lentuli concursare circum tabernas,

    id. Cat. 4, 8, 17:

    dimissis circum municipia litteris,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 22:

    circum oram maritimam misit, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 29, 24, 9:

    legatio sub idem tempus in Asiam et circum insulas missa,

    id. 42, 45, 1; Suet. Aug. 64; id. Caes. 41; id. Calig. 28; 41; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. Ep 1, 1, 49: et te circum omnes alias irata puellas Differet, to or among all the other maidens around, Prop. 1, 4, 21—
    D.
    With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the environs of, in the vicinity of, at, near:

    circum haec loca commorabor,

    Cic. Att. 3, 17, 2; Pompei ib. 8, 12, C, 1 exercitu in foro et in omnibus templis, quae circum forum sunt, conlocato, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 10:

    urbes, quae circum Capuam sunt,

    id. Agr. 1, 7, 20:

    cum tot essent circum hastam illam,

    id. Phil. 2, 26, 64 Wernsd. N. cr.:

    non succurrit tibi, quamdiu circum Bactra haereas?

    Curt. 7, 8, 21, Tac. A. 4, 74. —
    E.
    Of persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, etc.); in Gr.peri or amphi tina:

    paucae, quae circum illam essent,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 33; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 4:

    omnium flagitiorum atque facinorum circum se tamquam stipatorum catervas habebat,

    Sall. C. 14, 1; cf. id. ib. 26, 4:

    Hectora circum,

    Verg. A. 6, 166.—Circum pedes for ad pedes, of servants in attendance, is rare, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92;

    v ad, I. D. 3. b.—

    ► Circum is sometimes placed after its subst.
    ,

     Varr. L. L. 5, § 31 Müll., Lucr 1, 937; 4, 220; 6, 427; Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 105; Verg. E. 8, 12; 8, 74; 9, 40; id. A. 1, 32; 2, 515; 2, 564; 3, 75: 6, 166; 6, 329; 9, 440; Tib. 1, 1, 23; 1, 5, 51; Stat. Th. 3, 395.—
    III.
    In composition the m remains unchanged before consonants; before vowels it was, acc. to Prisc. p. 567 P., and Cassiod. p. 2294 ib., written in like manner, but (except before j and v) not pronounced. Yet in the best MSS. we find the orthography circuitio, circuitus, and even circueo together with circumeo; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 736 sq. —Signif.,
    a.
    Acc. to II. A.: circumcido, circumcludo, circumculco, circumfluo, circumfodio, circumfundo, etc.—
    b.
    Acc. to II. B.: circumcolo, circumflecto, circumjaceo, circumicio.—
    c.
    Acc. to II. C.: circumcellio, circumcurso, circumduco, circumfero, circumforaneus.—In many compounds, circum has sometimes one and sometimes another signif., as in circumdo, circumeo, circumsisto, etc.; v. h. vv.—
    ► With verbs compounded with circum, this preposition is never repeated before the following [p.
    336] object; e. g. circumcursare circum aliquid and similar phrases are not found.

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  • 5 circā

        circā adv.    and praep., later for circum.    I. Adv, around, round about, all around, near: gramen erat circa, O.: ripae Responsant circa, V.: ex montibus qui circa sunt, which are around, L.: sed non passi sunt ii, qui circa erant, who were at hand, N.: multarum circa civitatum inritatis animis, the surrounding towns, L.: corpora multa virūm circa, V.: farre ex agris circa undique convecto, all around, L.: cum circa omnia hostium essent, L.—    II. Praep. with acc. (sometimes after or separated from the acc.). — In space, about, around, on the side of, surrounding, encompassing: quam (Hennam) circa sunt flores: ligna contulerunt circa casam, N.: aes triplex Circa pectus, H.: quem circa tigres iacent, O. — Around, about, among, through: Romulus legatos circa vicinas gentes misit, L.: circa domos ire, L.: circa civitates miserat nuntios, L.—In the region of, near to, near by: urbīs circa Capuam occupare: circa Liternum posuit castra, in the neighborhood of, L. —In vague designations of a place, in, at, about: Circa virentīs campos, H.: cum amor Saeviet circa iecur, H.: quadriduum circa rupem consumptum, L.: circa unam rem ambitūs facere, L.—Of persons as attendants, around, with, attending, accompanying: canes quos circa se haberet: trecentos iuvenes circa se habebat, L. — In time, about: circa eandem horam, L.: Circa lustra decem, H. —In numerical designations, about, nearly, almost: circa quingentos Romanorum, L.—Fig., about, in respect to: circa adfectationem originis, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    around, all around; round about; near, in vicinity/company; on either side
    II
    around, on bounds of; about/near (space/time/numeral); concerning; with

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  • 6 circumfero

    circum-fĕro, tŭli, lātum, ferre, v. a. to bear round, or, in gen., to move or carry [p. 338] round or about (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop.:

    age circumfer mulsum,

    pass around, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 45:

    satiatis vino ciboque poculum... circumferetur,

    Liv. 26, 13, 18:

    circumferri vinum largius jubet,

    Curt. 7, 4, 7:

    hisce (poculis) etiam nunc in publico convivio potio circumfertur,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 122 Müll.:

    sanguinem in pateris,

    Sall. C. 22, 1; Flor. 4, 1, 4 Duker:

    circa ea omnia templa Philippum infestos circumtulisse ignes,

    Liv. 31, 30, 7:

    reliquias cenae,

    Suet. Galb. 22:

    lyram in conviviis,

    Quint. 1, 10, 19:

    codicem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104:

    filium suis manibus,

    Quint. 2, 15, 8:

    diuque arma circumferens alia tela clipeo excipiebat, corpore alia vitabat,

    Curt. 6, 1, 4:

    ter heros Immanem circumfert tegmine silvam,

    Verg. A. 10, 887:

    pavimenta in expeditionibus,

    Suet. Caes. 46:

    ubique pellem vituli marini,

    id. Aug. 90.—Of books carried about for sale, Quint. 2, 13, 15; 2, 15, 4 al.:

    huc atque huc acies circumtulit,

    Verg. A. 12, 558; cf.

    oculos,

    to cast around, Ov. M. 6, 169; 15, 674; Liv. 2, 10, 8; 5, 41, 4; Curt. 6, 11, 36; Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 2:

    vultus,

    Ov. M. 3, 241; Suet. Caes. 85.—Mid.:

    sol ut circumferatur,

    revolve, Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178; cf.: linea circumferens, the circumference, Gromat. Vet. 5, 10:

    nec mirari hominem mercede conductum... ad nutum licentium circumferri,

    Curt. 5, 12, 2.—
    II.
    Trop. (mostly in the poets and histt.), to spread around:

    bellum,

    Liv. 9, 41, 6; 9, 45, 17; 10, 17, 2; 28, 3, 1; Tac. A. 13, 37 (for which:

    spargere bellum,

    id. ib. 3, 21):

    belli umbram,

    Sil. 15, 316:

    et circumferentem arma Scipionem omnibus finitimis raptim perdomitis ipsam Carthaginem repente adgressurum credebant,

    Liv. 30, 9, 3; Flor. 1, pr. 2;

    3, 12, 1: signa,

    id. 3, 5, 29:

    incendia et caedes et terrorem,

    Tac. A. 2, 52; cf.:

    terrorem nominis sui late,

    Flor. 2, 2, 21:

    Caesar circumferens terrarum orbi praesentia pacis suae bona,

    Vell. 2, 92, 2; Plin. Pan. 7, 5.—
    B.
    Of a narrative or discourse, to publish abroad, proclaim, divulge, disseminate among the people, report (prob. nct ante-Aug.):

    ut circumferetur M. Philippi factum atque dictum,

    Col. 8, 16, 3; Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 1; 6, 8, 2:

    illud quidem ingens fama, haec nulla circumfert,

    id. ib. 3, 16, 13.—With acc. and inf.:

    novi aliquam, quae se circumferat esse Corinnam,

    Ov. Am. 2, 17, 29. —Hence, of writings:

    circumferri,

    to be widely circulated, Quint. 2, 13, 15; 2, 15, 4. —
    C.
    In the lang. of religion, to lustrate, purify any one by carrying around him consecrated objects (torches, offerings, etc.) = lustrare, purgare:

    quaeso quin tu istanc jubes Pro cerritā circumferri?

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 144: aliquem pro larvato, id. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 229: tum ferto omnia sum circumlatus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 261, 27: idem ter socios purā circumtulit undā, carried around pure water, i. e. for purification ( poet. constr. for undam circum socios), Verg. A. 6, 229 Serv. and Wagn.; Veg. 3, 74.—
    * D.
    In rhetoric:

    oratio deducta et circumlata,

    expanded, drawn out into periods, Quint. 4, 1, 60 Spald.

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  • 7 ambi

    ambi- ( ambe-, Varr. L. L. 7, § 30 Müll.); abbrev. amb-, am-, an-.
    I.
    Insepar. prep. [Osc. amfr-; Umbr. am-, an-, ampr-; Gr. amphi; old Sax. umbi; old Germ. umpi; mod. Germ. um = around; Sanscr. abhi = around], around, round about; used only in composition; before vowels usually amb-: ambages, ambedo, ambigo, ambio, amburo; but amicio (for amjicio); once also amp-: ampulla; before consonants, ambi-: ambidens, ambifariam, ambivium; am-: amplector, amputo, amsegetes, amtermini; or amp-: ampsanctus; but before c, q, h, f, t, an-: anceps, ancisus, anquiro, anhelo (q. v.), anhelus, anfractus, etc.—
    II.
    Also am, an, arch. prep., round, around:

    am fines, am segetes,

    Charis. 2, p. 205 P.: an terminum, Cato, Orig. ap. Macr. 1, 14, 5; cf. Schneid. Gr. I. p. 535 sq.; Kühner, Ausf. Gr. § 210, 8; Hand, Turs. I. pp. 284 sq.

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  • 8 circumsecus

    round about, around, round; in parts/region around; on every side

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  • 9 circumtextus

    circumtexta, circumtextum ADJ
    embroidered all around/round about; woven all around (L+S)

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  • 10 amb-, am-, an-

       amb-, am-, an- insepa<*> prep.,    around, round about, only in composition; before vowels usually amb-; ambages, ambedo, etc.; but amicio (for amiicio); once amp-: ampulla; before consonants, am-: amplector, amputo; or amp-: Ampsanctus; but before c, q, h, f, an-: anceps, anfractus, anquiro, etc.

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  • 11 circumpurgo

    circumpurgare, circumpurgavi, circumpurgatus V TRANS
    clear/clean/purify/free from adhesions all around/round about

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  • 12 circumvolito

    circumvolitare, circumvolitavi, circumvolitatus V TRANS
    fly around/round about/over; (of horsemen/horses' hooves); frequent; flit

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  • 13 gyrus

    gyrus, i, m., = guros, a circle, esp. that which is described by a horse in its movements (mostly poet.; cf.: circus, circulus, orbis, orbita).
    I.
    Lit.:

    nec equi variare gyros in morem nostrum docentur,

    Tac. G. 6; so of a circular course, ring, for horses, Verg. G. 3, 115:

    carpere gyrum,

    id. ib. 3, 191:

    curvo brevius compellere gyro,

    Tib. 4, 1, 93; Manil. 5, 74; Ov. A. A. 3, 384; Luc. 1, 425 et saep.:

    adytis cum lubricus anguis ab imis Septem ingens gyros, septena volumina traxit,

    Verg. A. 5, 85:

    ducensque per aëra gyros Miluus,

    Ov. Am. 2, 6, 33:

    apes gyros volatu edunt,

    Plin. 11, 20, 22, § 68:

    grues gyros quosdam indecoro cursu peragunt,

    id. 10, 23, 30, § 59:

    quem (turbinem) pueri magno in gyro...intenti ludo exercent,

    Verg. A. 7, 379:

    in gyrum Euripo addito (in Circo),

    i. e. around, round about, Suet. Caes. 39.—
    B.
    Transf., the place where horses are trained, a course ( poet.):

    gyrum pulsat equis,

    Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 11.—
    II.
    Trop., a circle, circuit, career, course: mensis artiore (quam annus) praecingitur circulo;

    angustissimum habet dies gyrum,

    Sen. Ep. 12; cf.:

    seu bruma nivalem Interiore diem gyro trahit,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 26:

    similique gyro venient aliorum vices,

    circuit, course, Phaedr. 4, 26, 25:

    homines secundis rebus effrenatos tamquam in gyrum rationis et doctrinae duci oportere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 70:

    oratorem in exiguum gyrum compellere,

    id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 21; cf.:

    attrahe vela Fortius et gyro curre, poëta, tuo,

    Ov. R. Am. 398:

    in dialecticae gyris consenescere,

    Gell. 16, 8, 17.

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  • 14 circumago

    circum-ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    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.—
    2.
    To drive around, produce by going around:

    pinctis bobus... aratro circumagebant sulcum,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll.—Hence,
    B.
    T. t., to manumit a slave by turning him round. since the slave, in such a case, was taken by his master with the right hand, and turned around in a circle (cf. vertigo, Casaub. Pers. 5, 75 sq., and Dict. of Antiq.);

    fig.: qui se illi (philosophiae) subjecit et tradidit, statim circumagitur: hoc enim ipsum philosophiae servire libertas est,

    Sen. Ep. 8, 6.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of time, with se, or more freq. in pass, to pass away, to be spent (so most freq. in temp. perf. and in Liv.):

    in ipso conatu rerum circumegit se annus,

    Liv. 9, 18, 14:

    sed prius se aestas circumegit, quam, etc.,

    id. 23, 39, 4:

    prius circumactus est annus, quam, etc.,

    id. 6, 38, 1:

    circumactis decem et octo mensibus,

    id. 9, 33, 3; 6, 1, 4; 26, 40, 1; 27, 30, 11; 44, 36, 1; Plin. 7, 16, 17, § 76;

    and in tmesis: circum tribus actis annis,

    Lucr. 5, 881.—In temp. pres.:

    annus, qui solstitiali circumagitur orbe,

    Liv. 1, 19, 6:

    nobis in apparatu ipso annus circumagitur,

    id. 24, 8, 8.—
    2.
    Of the vicissitudes of fortune, etc.:

    cum videamus tot varietates tam volubili orbe circumagi,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 6.—
    II.
    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.—
    2.
    Esp., to agitate, disturb:

    verna (mala) stomacho inutilia sunt, alvom, vesicam circumagunt,

    Plin. 23, 6, 54, § 100.—
    B.
    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.—
    III.
    (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.—
    B.
    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.—
    IV.
    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.

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  • 15 circumlavo

    I
    circumlavare, circumlavi, circumlautus V TRANS
    wash round about/around, wash side of; flow all around (waters) (L+S)
    II
    circumlavere, -, circumlotus V TRANS
    wash round about/around, wash side of; flow all around (waters) (L+S)

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  • 16 volvō

        volvō volvī, volūtus, ere    [3 VOL-], to cause to revolve, roll, turn about, turn round: saxa glareosa volvens (flumen), L.: Medumque flumen minores volvere vertices, H.: volvendi sunt libri, to be unrolled (in reading): per amnis sinūs errorem volvens, i. e. following up the windings, L.: Seminecīs volvit multos, rolls in the dust, V.—To roll up, roll together, form by rolling: qui terga dederant, volventes orbem, etc., forming a circle, L.: (equus) volvit sub naribus ignem, V.— Pass, to turn round, move in curves, revolve, roll down: Ille (anguis) inter vestīs et levia pectora lapsus Volvitur, V.: illi qui volvuntur stellarum cursūs sempiterni: lacrimae volvuntur inanes, flow, V.: volventia plaustra, V.—Fig., in time, to roll, roll along, bring on, bring around (poet.): (lunam) celerem pronos Volvere mensīs, swift in bringing by her revolutions, H.: sic volvere Parcas, i. e. determine, V.: sic deum rex volvit vices, i. e. determines the changes of events, V.: volventibus annis, with revolving years, V.: volvens annus, O.—In the mind, to ponder, meditate, dwell upon, think over, reflect on, consider: multa cum animo suo, S.: bellum in animo, L.: bellum adversus nos, Ta.: incerta consilia, Cu.: Fauni sub pectore sortem, V.: haec illis volventibus tandem vicit fortuna rei p., S.: iras in pectore, cherishes, L.—In speaking, to roll off, utter fluently: celeriter verba: complexio verborum, quae volvi uno spiritu potest: quo melius volvatur oratio, be rounded off.—To unroll, undergo, experience in succession: tot volvere casūs virum. V.: Multa virum volens durando saecula vincit (aesculus), V.
    * * *
    volvere, volvi, volutus V TRANS
    roll, causse to roll; travel in circle/circuit; bring around/about; revolve; envelop, wrap up; unroll (scroll); recite, reel off; turn over (in mind); roll along/forward; (PASS) move sinuously (snake); grovel, roll on ground

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  • 17 circumspergo

    circumspergere, circumspersi, circumspersus V TRANS
    sprinkle/spray round about/around; strew/scatter round about/around (L+S)

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  • 18 ambitus

    1.
    ambītus, a, um, Part. of ambio.
    2.
    ambĭtus, ūs, m. [ambio].
    I.
    Lit. A going round, a moving round about, a revolution:

    cum se octo ambitus ad idem caput rettulerint,

    Cic. Tim. 9:

    aquae per amoenos ambitus agros,

    Hor. A. P. 17 (cf. ambio, II. A.):

    alligata mutuo ambitu (i. e. amplexu) corpora,

    Petr. 132:

    ambitu breviore luna currit quam sol,

    Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 86:

    saeculorum,

    Tac. A. 6, 28:

    verborum (i. e. ambages),

    Suet. Tib. 71.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Abstr. pro concr., a circuit, circle, circumference, periphery, edge of a circular object:

    ambitus parmae,

    Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 4:

    folia ambitu serrato,

    id. 25, 6, 30, § 66:

    castra lato ambitu,

    Tac. A. 1, 61; 4, 49:

    ambitus lacus,

    Suet. Claud. 21.— Trop., of discourse, periphrasis, circumlocution, = ambages:

    multos circa unam rem ambitus facere,

    Liv. 27, 27.—Hence, the open space left round a house:

    ambitus est quod circumeundo teritur,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 22 Müll.:

    P. Scaevola id solum esse ambitus aedium dixerit, quo etc.,

    Cic. Top. 4: ambitus proprie dicitur inter vicinorum aedificia locus duorum pedum et semipedis ad circumeundi facultatem relictus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 16 Müll. —Also, the small space around sepulchres, Dig. 47, 12, 5.—
    B.
    An unlawful striving for posts of honor, or canvassing for office; esp. by bribery (cf. ambitio, I.), prohibited by the Lex Calpurnia, Caecilia, Fabia, Julia, Licinia, Tullia de ambitu, against bribery, corruption, etc.:

    legem ambitus flagitāsti,

    Cic. Mur. 23:

    punire ambitum,

    id. ib. 32, 67; cf. Sall. C. 18, 2 Kritz:

    accusare aliquem ambitus,

    Cic. Clu. 41:

    deferre nomen alicujus de ambitu,

    id. Cael. 31:

    interrogare aliquem legibus ambitus,

    Sall. C. 18, 2:

    damnatus ambitus,

    Cic. Clu. 41:

    condemnare de ambitu,

    Suet. Caes. 41 al.:

    effusae ambitus largitiones,

    Nep. Att. 6.—
    C.
    In gen., the desire to make a display, ostentation, vanity, show, parade:

    relinque ambitum: tumida res est vana, ventosa,

    Sen. Ep. 84:

    proprius quidam intellegendi ambitus,

    Quint. 12, 10, 3.—Of speech, bombastic fulness, parade:

    imagine et ambitu rerum,

    Quint. 10, 1, 16 Fr.; id. Decl. 4 fin. —
    D.
    In rhet., a period:

    comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum (si sic periodum appellari placet),

    Cic. Brut. 44, 162; id. Or. 12; so id. ib. 50.

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  • 19 circumduco

    circumducere, circumduxi, circumductus V TRANS
    lead out of the way/round about; cheat, mislead, trick out of; take/go around; lead/wheel/draw a line/ring around/in a circle; prolong (sound); build around

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  • 20 circumvector

        circumvector —, ārī, dep.    [circumveho], to ride about, sail around: oram, L.—Poet., to go through, describe: Singula, V.
    * * *
    circumvectari, circumvectatus sum V DEP
    sail round; travel round

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