circum-cīdo

circum-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut around, cut, clip, trim (orig. in agriculture;

syn.: amputo, reseco): ars agricolarum, quae circumcidat, amputet, erigat, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39:

gemmam acuto scalpello circumcidito... ejusdem spatii corticem circumcidito,

Col. Arb. 26, 8; 12, 36:

latera scrobis,

id. 5, 9, 9:

arbores ad medullam,

Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 191:

aciem,

Lucr. 3, 412:

caespitem gladiis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 42:

ungues,

Cels. 7, 26, 2:

volnus,

Plin. 25, 5, 25, § 61:

genitalia (Judaeorum),

to circumcise, Tac. H. 5, 5; cf. Petr. 102, 14; Gell. 17, 15, 7; Cels. 7, 25 init. —

Trop., to cut off, shorten, diminish, abridge, circumscribe (very freq. in prose;

syn.: amputo, reseco, demo, aufero): testatur saepe Chrysippus, tres solas esse sententias, quae defendi possint, de finibus bonorum: circumcidit et amputat multitudinem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 138;

so with amputo,

id. de Or. 1, 15, 65; id. Fin. 1, 13, 44:

sumptus circumcisi aut sublati,

Liv. 32, 27, 4; so,

impensam funeri,

Phaedr. 4, 19, 25:

circumcisā omni negotiosā actione,

Cels. 4, 25:

circumcidendum vinum est in totum annum,

to be abstained from, id. 4, 20.—Of discourse, to lop or cut off, to remove:

circumcisis rebus, quae non arbitror pertinere ad agriculturam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 11:

circumcidat, si quid redundabit,

Quint. 10, 2, 28; 4, 2, 42 Spald.:

(oratio) rotunda et undique circumcisa,

id. 8, 5, 27; 10, 1, 104:

ineptas quaestiones,

Sen. Contr. 2, 11.—Hence, cir-cumcīsus, a, um, P. a., lit. cut off around, cut off; hence,

Of localities = abscisus, abruptus, cut off from connection with the region around, steep, precipitous, inaccessible:

saxum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

Henna ab omni aditu circumcisa atque directa,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

collis ex omni parte circumcisus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36. —

Trop., abridged, short, brief (so prob. not before the Aug. per.):

quid enim tam circumcisum, tam breve, quam hominis vita longissima?

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 11.—Of discourse:

circumcisae orationes et breves,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 4; cf.

supra,

Quint. 8, 5, 27. — Adv.: circumcīsē, briefly:

rem ante oculos ponere circumcise atque velociter,

Quint. 8, 3, 81; * Suet. Rhet. 6; Macr. 5, 1.