around

circumjectus, a, um, Part., from circumicio

circumjectus, ūs, m. [circumicio], a casting around, a surrounding, encompassing (rare but class.): (aether) qui terram tenero circumjectu amplectitur, with soft embrace, Cic. poet N. D. 2, 25, 65 (as transl. from Euripides Kai gên perix echonth hugrais en ankalais)' arduus, id. Rep. 2, 6, 11' rudi parietum circumjectu vox devoratur, Plin 11, 51, 112, § 270.—

Meton (abstr pro concr), that which is thrown around one, as clothing, dress, Varr. L. L. 5, § 132 Müll., p 37 Bip., Tert. Pall. 5.

circum-lā̆tro, āre, v. a.

Prop., to bark around hominem, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 22, 3 leonem, Amm 22, 16, 16.—

Meton., of the sea (post-class.):

totum hoc circumlatrat aestus,

roars around, Avien. Perieg 48.—

Trop., in pass.:

domus circumlatratur injuriis,

Symm. Ep. 8, 17 aliquem frustra occultis injuriis, Amm. 22, 12, 14:

eum circumlatrantes philosophi,

Lact. 2, 8, 50: circumlatrantes haeretici, Aug Ep 136.

circum-plĭco, āvi, ātum, v. a.

To wind, fold, or twine around:

tum esset ostentum, si anguem vectis circumplicavisset,

Cic. Div. 2, 28, 62:

locum surculo,

Gell. 17, 9, 14 (cf. id. 17, 9, 14, § 9):

belua circumplicata serpentibus,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49:

puer serpentis amplexu,

id. ib. 1, 36, 79.—

To bend around, Lact. Opif. Dei, 12, 5.

circum-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a.

Prop., to draw a line around, to circumscribe, enclose in a circle (in good prose;

very freq. in Cic.): orbem,

Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23:

lineas extremas umbrae,

Quint. 10, 2, 7:

virgulā stantem,

Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 23:

virgā regem,

Liv. 45, 12, 5:

aeneā fibulā pars auriculae latissima circumscribitur,

Col. 6, 5, 4:

terram surculo heliotropii,

Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 60.—

Trop.

To draw a line as the circumference of a thing (cf. Quint. 12, 10, 5), i. e. to define, encompass, enclose, lim it, bound, circumscribe (syn.: definio, describo, termino):

nullis ut terminis (orator) circumscribat aut definiat jus suum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 70; cf.:

genus universum brevi circumscribi et definiri potest,

id. Sest. 45, 97:

exiguum nobis vitae curriculum natura circumscripsit, immensum gloriae,

id. Rab. Perd. 10, 30:

quibus regionibus vitae spatium circumscriptum est,

id. Arch. 11, 29:

ante enim circumscribitur mente sententia confestimque verba concurrunt,

id. Or. 59, 200:

locum habitandi alicui,

id. Par. 2, 18:

Oceanus undique circumscribit omnes terras et ambit,

Gell. 12, 13, 20:

uti mihi dicas et quasi circumscribas verbis, quid homo sit,

id. 4, 1, 12.—

To bring within narrow bounds, i. e. to contract, hem in, circumscribe, to hinder free action, to restrain, confine, limit, etc. (syn.: claudo, includo, coërceo).

Esp., of the restrictions or hinderances imposed by one magistracy or authority upon another:

Senatus credo praetorem eum circumscripsisset,

Cic. Mil. 33, 88 (cf. just before:

an consules in praetore coërcendo fortes fuissent),

id. Att. 7, 9, 2; id. Phil. 13, 9, 19; Caes. B. C. 1, 32; Auct. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 72:

ille se fluvio Rubicone et CC. milibus circumscriptum esse patiatur?

Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 5:

gulam et ventrem,

Sen. Ep. 108, 14:

circumscribere corpus et animo locum laxare,

id. ib. 15, 2:

laudes,

id. Cons. ad Helv. 19, 7.—

In gen.:

uno genere genus hoc aratorum,

to comprehend in one class, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 149 Zumpt:

totum Dionysium sex epitomis circumscripsit,

abridged, Col. 1, 1, 10:

ut luxuriam vilitate circumscribamus,

Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 4.—

In later medic. lang. circumscribi = minui, to abate, subside:

gravedo circumscribitur,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 10; so id. Acut. 2, 10 fin. —

To encircle or go around by writing = scribendo circumdare, i. e. to deceive, cheat, circumvent, entrap, insnare (syn.:

circumvenio, decipio): fallacibus et captiosis interrogationibus circumscripti atque decepti,

Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 46; Plin. 7, 40, 41, § 131; 33, 3, 14, § 48: non circumscribetur, qui ita se gesserit, ut dicat, etc., will not be deceived, i. e. will commit no error, Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 3; id. Ep. 82, 19.—

In mercantile lang., to deprive of money, to overreach, defraud:

adulescentulos,

Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 7; Juv. 10, 222; 14, 237:

ab Roscio HS. I[C ][C ]. circumscriptus,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 8, 24:

vectigalia,

to embezzle, Quint. Decl. 340.—

In law, to defeat the purpose of a law, a will, etc., by a forced or too literal interpretation:

legem,

Dig. 4, 3, 18 fin.:

ita circumscripto testamento,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 4; Front. Aquaed. 112: constitutiones, Lact. de Ira Dei, 8.—

Of circumlocution, to involve in language:

oratio rem simplicem circumscribens elocutione,

Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43; cf.:

facetis jocis sacrilegium circumscribens,

covering, Just. 39, 2, 5.—

To cancel; to declare invalid, to annul, invalidate, void, set aside (cf. circumduco, II. D.):

hoc omni tempore Sullano ex accusatione circumscripto,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 16, § 43 (sublato, circumducto, praetermisso, Ascon.):

circumscriptis igitur iis seutentiis, quas posui, etc.,

id. Fin. 3, 9, 31.—Hence, circumscriptus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to II. A.) In rhet., rounded into periods, periodic:

circumscripti verborum ambitus,

Cic. Or. 12, 38; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43; Quint. 12, 10, 5, and v. circumscriptio.— Adv.: circum-scriptē, in periods:

circumscripte numeroseque dicere,

Cic. Or. 66, 221: circumscripte complecti singulas res. id. N. D. 2, 59, 147.—

(Acc. to II. B.) Restricted, limited:

brevis et circumscripta quaedam explicatio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 189:

(vis orationis) pressior et circumscriptior et adductior,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.— Adv.: circum-scriptē, summarily:

circumscripte et breviter ostendere,

Lact. 5, 14, 8; 5, 9, 20. — Sup. of the adj., and comp. and sup. of the adv. not in use.

circum-sĕco, no perf., sectum āre, v. a., to cut or pare around:

radices vitium,

Cato, R. R. 114, 1:

ungulas,

Col. 6, 6, 4:

tuberculum ferro,

id. 7, 5, 13: aliquid serrulā, to saw around, * Cic. Clu. 64, 180:

circumsecta aluta,

Scrib. Comp. 229.—

To circumcise, of the Jews (usu. circumcido), Suet. Dom. 12.

circum-sĕdĕo ( sĭdĕo), sēdi, sessum, 2, v. a., to sit around a person or thing, to surround.

In gen., absol.:

inter tot milia populi circumsedentis,

App. M. 3, p. 130, 2; Sid. Ep. 3, 13.—With acc.:

florentes amicorum turba circumsedet: circa eversos ingens solitudo est,

Sen. Ep. 9, 9.— Esp.,

To encamp around in a hostile manner, to besiege, blockade, invest, encompass, beset (in Cic. and Liv. several times;

elsewhere rare): qui Mutinam circumsedent,

Cic. Phil. 7, 8, 21; 10, 4, 10; id. Deiot. 9, 25; id. Att. 9, 12, 3; 9, 18, 2; 14, 9, 3; 15, 9, 2; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14; Sall. J. 21, 3; Nep. Eum. 5, 4; Liv. 21, 10, 5; 23, 15, 3; 25, 13, 1; 25, 22, 7;

42, 65, 12: vallo et armis,

Tac. A. 1, 42:

curiam militibus,

Val. Max. 3, 8, 5:

legatus populi Romani circumsessus, non modo igni, ferro, manu, copiis oppugnatus, sed aliquā ex parte violatus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

circumsessus es. A quibus?

id. ib. 2, 1, 32, §

81: populus, qui te circumsedit,

id. ib. 2, 1, 33, § 83; id. Phil. 12, 10, 24; Tac. A. 4, 36:

opem circumsessis ferre,

Liv. 25, 22, 10:

castra circumsessa,

id. 3, 4, 8; 9, 42, 6:

Capitolium,

id. 5, 53, 5.—

Trop.:

non ego sum ille ferreus, qui... non movear horum omnium lacrimis, a quibus me circumsessum videtis,

Cic. Cat. 4, 2, 3; so,

circumsessum muliebribus blanditiis,

Liv. 24, 4, 4:

circumsederi urbem Romanam ab invidiā et odio finitimorum,

id. 6, 6, 11.

circum-sisto, stĕti (Caes. B. G. 3, 15 Oud. N. cr.; 4, 37; Curt. 15, 9, 10; Verg. A. 2, 559; Tac. A. 15, 15; id. H. 4, 79; cf. circumsto;

rarely circumstiti,

Tac. H. 3, 31), 3, v. a., to place one ' s self or take one ' s stand around a person or thing, to surround, go or stand around (class.; most freq. in the histt.; in Cic. perh. only once).

With acc.:

quid me circumsistitis?

Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 9; so * Cat. 42, 10; Caes. B. G. 5, 7 fin.; 7, 5; id. B. C. 1, 20; id. B. G. 4, 26 Oud. N. cr.; Liv. 1, 28, 7; 1, 51, 8; 2, 2, 8; Curt. 7, 5:

ipsumque domumque,

Verg. A. 8, 490 al.; so,

naves,

Caes. B. G. 3, 15:

curiam,

Liv. 2, 23, 11; Tac. A. 5, 4:

lectum,

id. ib. 14, 8:

vias,

id. ib. 15, 15:

signa sua,

id. H. 2, 41.— Pass.:

ne ab omnibus civitatibus circumsisteretur (Caesar),

Caes. B. G. 7, 43; App. Dogm. Plat. 2.—

Absol.:

circumsistamus,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 28:

haec cum maxime loqueretur, sex lictores circumsistunt (sc. loquentem),

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:

circumstiterant victores,

Tac. H. 3, 31:

circumsistentia tecta,

Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 3, 42; cf. also circumsto.

circum-spergo ( - spargo, Apic. 8, 8, § 406; cf. aspergo), ĕre, v. a.

To sprinkle, strew, or scatter something around:

quaternos modios stercoris caprini,

Col. 11, 2, 87: impensam talem, Apic. l. l.—

To sprinkle with something all around:

se purificantes aquā,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2.

circum-spergo ( - spargo, Apic. 8, 8, § 406; cf. aspergo), ĕre, v. a.

To sprinkle, strew, or scatter something around:

quaternos modios stercoris caprini,

Col. 11, 2, 87: impensam talem, Apic. l. l.—

To sprinkle with something all around:

se purificantes aquā,

Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 2.

circum-spĭcĭo, exi, ectum, 3 ( perf. sync. circumspexti, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55; inf. sync. circumspexe, Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16, or Sat. Men. 82), v. n. and a. (class.).

Neutr., to look about one ' s self, to cast a look around; or, with an obj.-clause, to observe, see, look about:

circumspicedum, numquis est, Sermonem nostrum quiaucupet,

see whether there is any one, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 41; 2, 2, 43; Ter. And. 2, 2, 20;

Varr. l. l.: suus conjux ubi sit circumspicit,

Ov. M. 1, 605:

circumspicere late,

Quint. 10, 3, 29:

num quid circumspexti?

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55:

diversi circumspiciunt,

Verg. A. 9, 416:

qui in auspicium adhibetur nec suspicit nec circumspicit,

Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72:

circumspicit, aestuat, of one in trouble or perplexity,

id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf. Liv. 21, 22, 7.—

Sometimes circumspicere se, to look about one ' s self:

circumspicedum te, ne quis adsit arbiter,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 109; Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16;

Auct. B. Afr. 47: numquamne te circumspicies?

Cic. Par. 4, 2, 30.—In partic., to look about one ' s self with haughtiness; to think highly of one ' s self:

usque eone te diligis et magnifice circumspicis?

Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5;

and trop. of language: Romanus sermo magis se circumspicit et aestimat praebetque aestimandum,

Sen. Ep. 40, 11.—

Trop., to exercise foresight, be cautious, take heed:

esse circumspiciendum diligenter, ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10: cui mandetis (rempublicam) circumspicite [p. 342] Sall. H. 2, 41, 10 Dietsch.—Esp. freq.,

Act., to view on all sides, to survey:

cum sua quisque miles circumspiceret,

looked carefully to see, Caes. B. G. 5, 31; Liv. 9, 28, 5:

tam latā acie ne ex medio quidem cornua sua circumspicere poterant,

Liv. 37, 41, 4:

lucos,

Ov. M. 5, 265:

amictus,

to review, id. ib. 4, 318; so,

habitum suum,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 3; cf. under circumspectus, adv.—

To descry, get sight of by looking around:

saxum circumspicit ingens,

Verg. A. 12, 896:

Athin,

Ov. M. 5, 72.—

Transf., of things:

in latus omne patens turris circumspicit undas,

Ov. H. 6, 69.—

Trop.

To view something mentally, to survey, ponder upon, weigh, consider (syn.:

considero, perpendo): reliqua ejus consilia animo circumspiciebat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 5:

circumspicite paulisper mentibus vestris hosce ipsos homines,

Cic. Sull. 25, 70; cf.

se,

id. Par. 4, 2, 30:

neque temere consulem saltatorem vocare, sed circumspicere, quibus praeterea vitiis adfectum esse necesse sit eum, etc.,

id. Mur. 6, 13.—So with rel. -clause, Sall. H. 2, 41 Dietsch; Sen. Ep. 70, 5; Calp. Ecl. 5, 95:

circumspectis rebus omnibus rationibusque subductis summam feci,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

permulta sunt in causis circumspicienda, ne quid offendas,

id. de Or. 2, 74, 301; id. Agr. 1, 8, 23; id. Fam. 5, 13, 3:

circumspicite celeriter animo, qui sint rerum exitus consecuti,

id. Leg. 2, 17, 42:

vide, quaere, circumspice, si quis est forte ex eā provinciā qui te nolit perisse,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 77, § 180; id. Clu. 53, 147; id. Cat. 4, 2, 4; Liv. 23, 20, 6; cf. Tac. H. 2, 6; Suet. Aug. 63.—With ut and subj., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 87:

cum circumspicerent Patres quosnam consules facerent,

Liv. 27, 34, 1.—

To look about for something with desire, to seek for, etc. (so mostly since the Aug. per.):

nec, sicut aestivas aves, statim auctumno tecta ac recessum circumspicere,

Liv. 5, 6, 2; 7, 14, 6:

externa auxilia,

id. 1, 30, 6; cf. Just. 22, 5, 4:

fugam,

Tac. A. 14, 35; Just. 2, 12, 26:

novas belli causas,

id. 31, 1, 8; Verg. G. 3, 390; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 3:

peregrinos reges sibi,

Just. 40, 1, 1; 22, 5, 4:

viresque suas circumspectantes his validiores,

Amm. 22, 8, 18.—Hence, circumspectus, a, um, P. a.

Of things, weighed with care, well considered, guarded, circumspect (perh. not ante - Aug.):

verba non circumspecta,

Ov. F. 5, 539:

judicium,

Quint. 10, 1, 26:

interrogatio,

id. 5, 7, 31:

moderatio animi,

Val. Max. 4, 3, 4:

circumspectissima sanctio decreti,

id. 1, 1, 20.—

Transf. to the person who carefully weighs a thing, circumspect, considerate, cautious, wary, provident, heedful:

modo circumspectus et sagax, modo inconsultus et praeceps,

Suet. Claud. 15:

circumspectissimus et prudentissimus princeps,

id. Tib. 21:

tenues et circumspecti,

Quint. 12, 10, 23; Cels. 3, 9 fin.:

omnes,

Col. 1, 8, 16; 1, 7, 12:

sive aliquis circumspectior est,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 5.—Of dogs:

assidui et circumspecti magis quam temeraril,

Col. 7, 12, 5.—

In late Lat., worthy of consideration, respected, distinguished:

circumspectum et verecundum nomen populi Romani,

Amm. 14, 6, 6:

colores,

id. 28, 4, 12:

circumspectus genere, famā potentiāque,

id. 18, 10, 1.—Hence, circumspectē, adv., with consideration, with mature deliberation, warily, cautiously, considerately, circumspectly, etc.:

circumspecte compositeque indutus et amictus,

Gell. 1, 5, 2 (cf. supra, II. D.):

circumspecte vestiti,

Amm. 27, 3, 14:

circumspecte facti versus,

Gell. 9, 10, 6:

facere aliquid,

Dig. 4, 4, 7, § 8: parcius et circumspectius faciendum est, * Quint. 9, 2, 69:

circumspectius donare, eligere eos, in quos merita conferantur,

Sen. Ben. 3, 14, 1.

circum-sto, stĕti, 1, v. n. and a. (the perf. and pluperf. having the same form with those of circumsisto, and a similar meaning, it is sometimes doubtful to which verb a form belongs), to stand around in a circle, to take a station round; and, with the acc., to stand around a person or thing, to surround, encircle, encompass.

Prop. (very freq. and class.).

Absol.: circumstant cum ardentibus taedis, Enn ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 51 Vahl.):

circumstant lacrimis rorantes ora genasque,

Lucr. 3, 469:

Morini spe praedae adducti circumsteterunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 37:

circumstant properi aurigae,

Verg. A. 12, 85:

ad circumstantes tendens sua bracchia silvas, Ov M. 3, 441: circumstantis exercitūs gratia,

Curt. 9, 3, 15:

amici,

id. 3, 5, 9.—

With acc.:

aliquem,

Verg. G. 4, 216; Ov. M. 11, 505; Curt. 5, 12, 9:

equites Romani qui circumstant senatum,

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 21:

sellam,

Liv. 8, 32, 14; Suet. Aug. 35:

solem,

Ov. M. 2, 394:

sacra,

id. ib. 2, 717:

lectum,

Curt. 10, 5, 2.—

Hence, circumstantes, ĭum, m. subst., the by-standers, Quint. 4, 2, 22; 4, 2, 127; Tac. A. 1, 21; 1, 22; Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 93; Curt. 6, 10, 36.—

In partic., to surround in a hostile manner, to beset, besiege:

circumstare tribunal praetoris urbani, obsidere cum gladiis curiam, etc.,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32:

quem tres Curiatii circumsteterant,

Liv. 1, 25, 6:

si ambo consules infesti circumstarent tribunum,

id. 3, 9, 6:

urbem Romanam,

id. 27, 40, 6:

regis tecta,

Verg. A. 7, 585; cf. the foll.—

Trop., to surround, encompass, occupy, take possession of (freq. in post-Aug prose); absol. or with acc.:

cum dies et noctes omnia nos undique fata circumstent,

Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20:

circumstant te summae auctoritates,

id. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

cum tanti undique terrores circumstarent,

Liv. 6, 2, 4; cf. id. 30, 3, 3:

anceps proelium Romanos circumsteterat, incertos in quem hostem eruptionem facerent,

id. 25, 34, 10:

ancepsque terror circumstabat,

id. 21, 28, 3; 34, 27, 1; Quint. 10, 3, 30:

haec me cura, haec difficultas sola circumstat,

Plin. Pan. 3, 4:

at me tum primum saevus circumstetit horror,

Verg. A. 2, 559:

scio acerba meorum Circumstare odia ( = meos, qui me oderunt),

id. ib. 10, 905:

circumsteterat Civilem et alius metus,

Tac. H. 4, 79:

circumsteterat palatium publica exspectatio,

id. ib. 1, 17:

paupertas et angustiae rerum nascentes eos circumsteterunt,

id. Or. 8.— Subst.: circumstantĭa, ium, n., details, circumstances, in an argument:

illa (argumenta) per se fortia non oportet circumstantibus obscurare,

Quint. 5, 12, 4.

circum-sto, stĕti, 1, v. n. and a. (the perf. and pluperf. having the same form with those of circumsisto, and a similar meaning, it is sometimes doubtful to which verb a form belongs), to stand around in a circle, to take a station round; and, with the acc., to stand around a person or thing, to surround, encircle, encompass.

Prop. (very freq. and class.).

Absol.: circumstant cum ardentibus taedis, Enn ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 51 Vahl.):

circumstant lacrimis rorantes ora genasque,

Lucr. 3, 469:

Morini spe praedae adducti circumsteterunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 37:

circumstant properi aurigae,

Verg. A. 12, 85:

ad circumstantes tendens sua bracchia silvas, Ov M. 3, 441: circumstantis exercitūs gratia,

Curt. 9, 3, 15:

amici,

id. 3, 5, 9.—

With acc.:

aliquem,

Verg. G. 4, 216; Ov. M. 11, 505; Curt. 5, 12, 9:

equites Romani qui circumstant senatum,

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 21:

sellam,

Liv. 8, 32, 14; Suet. Aug. 35:

solem,

Ov. M. 2, 394:

sacra,

id. ib. 2, 717:

lectum,

Curt. 10, 5, 2.—

Hence, circumstantes, ĭum, m. subst., the by-standers, Quint. 4, 2, 22; 4, 2, 127; Tac. A. 1, 21; 1, 22; Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 93; Curt. 6, 10, 36.—

In partic., to surround in a hostile manner, to beset, besiege:

circumstare tribunal praetoris urbani, obsidere cum gladiis curiam, etc.,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32:

quem tres Curiatii circumsteterant,

Liv. 1, 25, 6:

si ambo consules infesti circumstarent tribunum,

id. 3, 9, 6:

urbem Romanam,

id. 27, 40, 6:

regis tecta,

Verg. A. 7, 585; cf. the foll.—

Trop., to surround, encompass, occupy, take possession of (freq. in post-Aug prose); absol. or with acc.:

cum dies et noctes omnia nos undique fata circumstent,

Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20:

circumstant te summae auctoritates,

id. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

cum tanti undique terrores circumstarent,

Liv. 6, 2, 4; cf. id. 30, 3, 3:

anceps proelium Romanos circumsteterat, incertos in quem hostem eruptionem facerent,

id. 25, 34, 10:

ancepsque terror circumstabat,

id. 21, 28, 3; 34, 27, 1; Quint. 10, 3, 30:

haec me cura, haec difficultas sola circumstat,

Plin. Pan. 3, 4:

at me tum primum saevus circumstetit horror,

Verg. A. 2, 559:

scio acerba meorum Circumstare odia ( = meos, qui me oderunt),

id. ib. 10, 905:

circumsteterat Civilem et alius metus,

Tac. H. 4, 79:

circumsteterat palatium publica exspectatio,

id. ib. 1, 17:

paupertas et angustiae rerum nascentes eos circumsteterunt,

id. Or. 8.— Subst.: circumstantĭa, ium, n., details, circumstances, in an argument:

illa (argumenta) per se fortia non oportet circumstantibus obscurare,

Quint. 5, 12, 4.

circum-tŏno, ui, 1, v. a., to thunder around; or, poet., to make a noise or clamor around:

virum armis,

Sil. 4, 254:

aulam strepitu,

id. 6, 216:

montem undā,

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 274.—

Trop.:

hunc circumtonuit gaudens Bellona cruentis (the figure taken from the clanging of the war-trumpets),

Hor. S. 2, 3, 223.

circum-vecto, āre, v. freq. a., to carry around:

Penates,

Sil. 3, 291.—Hence,

Esp., mid., to ride or sail around (rare):

Ligurum oram,

Liv. 41, 17, 7; cf. circumvectitor.— Poet., to go through, describe:

fugit irreparabile tempus, Singula dum capti circumvectamur amore,

Verg. G. 3, 285 (dum speciatim cuncta describimus, Serv.).

circum-vĕhor, vectus, 3, v. dep., to ride around (in a carriage or on horseback), to sail around (class., but not in Cic.); constr. absol. or with acc. dependent on circum:

in terras orasque ultimas,

Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 4:

mare superum omne Graeciamque exoticam... Sumus circumvecti,

id. Men. 2, 1, 13: classe Pharon, Auct. B. Alex. 14; cf. Tac. Agr. 10:

classe ad Romanum agrum,

Liv. 8, 26, 1:

circumvectus Brundisii promunturium,

id. 10, 2, 4; cf. id. 44, 28, 5:

ab urbe ad aversa insulae,

id. 37, 27, 2:

equitibus ad diripienda hostis impedimenta circumvehi jussis,

Curt. 4, 15, 5:

navibus circumvecti milites,

Caes. B. C. 3, 63:

equo,

Liv. 3, 28, 1:

equites circumvectos ab tergo Gallicam invadere aciem,

id. 10, 29, 12;

Auct. B. Afr. 59: muliones collibus circumvehi jubet,

Caes. B. G. 7, 45:

rex circumvectus petram,

Curt. 7, 11, 14.—In part. pres.:

circumvehens Peloponnesum,

Nep. Timoth. 2, 1.—

Trop., of discourse (very rare): frustra circumvehor omnia verbis (i. e. I describe at large, seek to express by circumlocution, circumeo), Verg. Cir. 270 Sillig (cf. id. G. 3, 285:

circumvectamur): latius in dicendo,

Sol. 3.

circum-vŏlĭto or circum vŏlĭto, āvi, 1, v. a. and n. (mostly post-Aug.).

Prop., to fly around something: lacus circumvolitavit hirundo, * Verg. G. 1, 377: thyma, * Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 21.— Absol.:

circumvolitantium alitum,

Tac. H. 2, 50.—

In gen., of men, to rove about a place, to hover around; absol.: et circumvolitant equites, * Lucr. 2, 329; Sil. 9, 420:

limina potentiorum, Col. praef. 1, § 9: agmina infestorum equitum ad conquirendas proscriptorum latebras circumvolitantia,

Sen. Ira, 2, 9, 3.

circum-vŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (not ante-Aug.).

Prop., to fly around:

turba (Harpyiae) praedam circumvolat,

Verg. A. 3, 233:

seu (me) mors atris circumvolat alis,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 58; so Verg. A. 2, 360:

caput,

id. ib. 6, 866; Ov. M. 2, 719; 14, 507:

sedem,

Quint. 2, 6, 7: aliquem, * Suet. Aug. 97.— Pass.:

nave circumvolatā ab halcyone,

Plin. 10, 32, 47, § 90.—

In gen., to run or hasten around:

ordines exercitus,

Vell. 2, 27, 2:

jaculo campum,

Sil. 17, 416.