circumscribo

1) обводить линией, описывать круг, очерчивать ( lineas extremas alicujus rei Q)

2) очерчивать границы, устанавливать пределы, определять, назначать

3) ограничивать, суживать (стеснять) круг (свободу) действий, сдерживать, обуздывать (gulam et ventrem Sen; praetorem C)

4) сократить, сжато изложить ( totum scriptorem sex epitomis Col)

5) опутывать, обольщать, тж. плутовать, обманывать

6) извращать смысл, неправильно толковать, перетолковывать (testamentum PJ; legem Dig); обманным образом использовать ( ignorantiam alicujus CJ)

7) исключать, изымать, обходить молчанием, откладывать в сторону

8) ритор. излагать перифрастически (описательно) (rem simplicem rhH.)

9) приукрашивать, прикрывать ( sacrilegium facetis jocis Just)

circum-scrībo, scrīpsi, scrīptum, ere, einen Kreis (um einen Ggstd.) beschreiben, od. einen Ggstd. mit einem Kreise umschreiben, -einschließen, I) eig.: orbem, Cic.: lineas extremas umbrae, Quint: stantem virgulā, Cic.: lacus est in similitudinem iacentis rotae circumscriptus, hat im Umkreise die Gestalt eines l. R., Plin. ep. 8, 20, 4. – II) übtr.: A) gleichs. den Umriß eines Körpers ziehen, d.i. die Grenzen eines Ggstds. bestimmen, etwas abgrenzen, exiguum alci vitae curriculum, Cic.: ante circumscribitur mente sententia, erst denkt od. faßt die Seele den Gedanken bestimmt, Cic.: locum habitandi alci, Cic.: Oceanus undique circumscribit omnes terras et ambit, Gell.: nullis ut terminis circumscribat aut definiat ius suum quo minus ei liceat etc., Cic. de or. 1, 70. – B) (die Grenze, Schranken, als Ggstz. zum Weiten, Laxen gedacht) etwas in enge Grenzen ziehen, zusammenziehen, beschränken, einschränken (wie auch περιγράφειν), a) im allg.: c. corpus et animo locum laxare, den Umfang des K. beschränken (= ihn nicht zu stark werden lassen) u. dem Geiste den Raum erweitern, Sen.: constitui vincere dolorem tuum, non circumscribere (nicht bloß zu beschränken, zu paralysieren), Sen.: c. luxuriam vilitate, Plin.: gulam et ventrem, Sen.: Dionysium sex epitomis, zusammenfassen, Col. – u. als t. t. der spät. Medizin, circum-

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scribi = minui, aufhören, Cael. Aur. – b) eine Person in ihrem Benehmen, sowohl übh., alqm, Sen. nat. qu. 5, 1, 3: alqm alqā re, Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 5. – als insbes. einen Magistrat in der Ausübung seiner Amtsgewalt beschränken u. (wenn er in seinen Maßregeln zu weit geht) ihn in die gehörigen Schranken zurückweisen, ihn einschränken, tribunum plebis, Cic.: praetorem, Cic.: Antonium, Cic. – C) gleichs. mit Worten umziehend umschreiben, circuitio est oratio rem simplicem circumscribens elocutione, Cornif. rhet. 4, 43. – D) jmd. gleichs. mit Worten, Fragen usw. einschließen, ihn umgarnen, bestricken, täuschen, 1) im allg.: fallacibus et captiosis interrogationibus circumscripti atque decepti, umgarnt u. berückt, Cic.: c. ipsum, Plin. – 2) insbes.: a) als t. t. der Geschäftsspr., jmd. um sein Geld-, um sein Vermögen bringen, ihn übervorteilen (s. Heusinger Cic. de off. 3, c. 15 in.), adulescentulos, Cic. (vgl. ne minor [frater] circumscribatur, timet, Sen. rhet.): ab alqo HS I circumscribi, Cic.: vectigalia, unterschlagen, Ps. Quint. decl. – b) als t. t. der Gerichtsspr., durch Erklärung nach dem Buchstaben den wahren Sinn eines Gesetzes, Testaments usw. umgehen, legem, ICt.: testamentum, Plin. ep. – dah. c) eine Tat durch andere Auslegung bemänteln, facetis iocis sacrilegium, Iustin. 39, 2, 5. – E) eine Streitfrage vor Gericht od. in der Disputation umgehen, etw. aufhe-

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ben, beseitigen ( wie περιγράφειν), sententias, Cic.: uno genere (durch diesen einen Umstand) genus hoc oratorum, Cic.: hoc omne tempus Sullanum ex accusatione, Cic.

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.

circumscrīptio, ōnis, f. (circumscribo), die Beschreibung eines Kreises um einen Ggstd., die Umkreisung, I) eig. (nach circumscribo no. I), u. zwar konkret = der beschriebene Kreis, Cic. Phil. 8, 23. – II) übtr.: A) ( nach circumscribo no. II, A) = die Begrenzung, der Umriß, Umfang, 1) im allg.: terrae, Cic.: extima membrorum, Arnob.: temporis, Cic. – 2) als rhet. t. t., die Periode, Cic. or. 204 (s. ambitus no. I, 2, b); vgl. Cic. Brut. 34 ipsa enim natura verborum quādam circumscriptione comprehendit concluditque sententiam. – B) ( nach circumscribo no. II, D) die Hintergehung, die Täuschung, Plur. bei Sen. ep. 82, 22. – bes. die Übervorteilung, Betrügerei, Gaunerei, mulierum aperta c., Cic. Flacc. 74, adulescentium, Cic. de off. 3, 61: alqm circumscriptionis accusare, Sen. contr. exc. 6, 3 lemm.: Plur., circumscriptiones furta fraudes, Sen. de ira 2, 9, 4: circumscriptiones adulescentium, Cic. Clu. 46.

circumscriptĭo, ōnis, f. [circumscribo].

Prop. (acc. to circumscribo, I.), an encircling, and (concrete) a circle:

ex circumscriptione excedere,

Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 23.—

(Acc. to circumscribo, II. A.) A boundary, limit, outline, contour, circuit, compass (most freq. in Cic.): terrae situm, [p. 341] formam, circumscriptionem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

aeternitas, quam nulla temporis circumscriptio metiebatur,

id. N. D. 1, 9, 21:

corporeae forma circumscriptionis,

Arn. 2, 93; 3, 135.—

In rhet.

A period:

verborum,

Cic. Or. 61, 204:

ipsa enim natura verborum quādam circumscriptione comprehendit concluditque sententiam,

id. Brut. 8, 34; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 124.—

A compendious statement, summing up, Quint. 9, 3, 91.—

A figure of speech, prob. the limitation of a question by the removal of a circumstance in dispute, Quint. 9, 1, 35 Halm (dub.; cf. id. 9, 4, 9).—

(Acc. to circumscribo, II. C.) A deceiving, cheating, overreaching, defrauding (esp. in pecuniary transactions, and by judicial artifice, by pettifogging):

adulescentium,

Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61:

praediorum proscriptiones cum mulierculis apertā circumscriptione fecisti,

id. Fl. 30, 74; Sen. Ira, 3, 2, 1.—In plur., Cic. Clu. 16, 46; Sen. Ira, 2, 9, 4.—In gen., of deception, deceit, fraud, Sen. Ep. 82, 22; Tert. Pat. 5.

circumscriptor, ōris, m. [circumscribo].

(Acc. to circumscribo, II. C.) A defrauder, deceiver, cheat, * Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7; * Juv. 15, 136; Sen. Exc. Contr. 6, 3; Cod. Th. 10, 10, 27, § 4.—

(Acc. to circumscribo, II. D.) He who makes void, annuls:

sententiae suae,

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 27.

dēfīnĭo, īvi, ītum, 4, v. a.

To bound, to set bounds to; to limit, terminate, define (for syn. v. decerno—freq. in Cic.).

Lit.:

ejus fundi extremam partem oleae directo ordine definiunt,

Cic. Caecin. 8, 22; cf. id. Rep. 2, 6:

orbes caeli aspectum nostrum definiunt,

id. Div. 2, 44; cf. id. N. D. 2, 40:

orbem terrarum (loca),

id. Balb. 28, 64;

imperium populi R.,

id. Sest. 31, 67 al. —

Trop.

To designate by limiting; to limit, define, determine; to explain (cf. circumscribo, no. II. A.):

genus universum brevi circumscribi et definiri potest,

Cic. Sest. 45, 97; cf. id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

universam et propriam oratoris vim,

id. ib. 1, 15:

definienda res erit verbis et breviter describenda,

id. Inv. 1, 8 fin.; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 24; 2, 31 fin.: omitto innumerabiles viros, etc.... unum hoc definio, tantam esse necessitatem virtutis, etc., this only I declare, etc., id. ib. 1, 1 fin.: probe definitur a Stoicis fortitudo, cum eam virtutem esse dicunt propugnantem pro aequitate, id. Off. 1, 19; 1, 27, 96; id. Fin. 2, 2 et saep.:

nec uno modo definitur res eadem,

Quint. 7, 3, 16; Tac. A. 6, 28 et saep.:

aedes sibi optimas, hortos, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 8, 3, 9; cf.:

ut suus cuique locus erat definitus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 81, 4:

tempus adeundi,

id. ib. 7, 83, 5: cf.:

ante quem diem iturus sit,

id. B. C. 1, 11, 2:

annos,

Quint. 12, 6, 1:

consulatum in annos,

Caes. B. C. 3, 82, 4; cf.:

potestatem in quinquennium,

Cic. Agr. 2, 13:

ut quam vitam ingrediar, definias,

id. Ac. 2, 36; cf. id. Quint. 27:

non remittam: definitum est,

it is determined, decided, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 43; Cic. Fat. 5, 9; Vulg. 1 Reg. 20, 33.—

In opposition to breadth or laxity (cf. circumscribo, no. II. 2), to limit within certain bounds, to restrict, confine:

non vagabitur oratio mea longius atque eis fere ipsis definietur viris, qui, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 3:

quae sententia definit amicitiam paribus officiis ac voluntatibus,

Cic. Lael. 16, 58; cf. id. de Or. 3, 28, 109: ex perduellium numero definitus, included in the definition of, Off. 3, 29, 107 (dub.). —

To terminate, finish (very rare;

perh. only in the foll. places): ut totam hujus generis orationem concludam atque definiam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52 Zumpt; id. Or. 19 fin.: definito juvene, ended, i. e. slain, Apul. M. 8, p. 203, 20.—Hence, dēfīnītus, a, um, P. a. (according to no. I. B. 1), definite, limited, distinct, precise; plain, perspicuous (rare, but good prose): quaestionum duo sunt genera: alterum infinitum, alterum definitum. Definitum est, quod hupothesin Graeci, nos causam, etc., Cic. Top. 21;

so opp. generales,

Quint. 7, 2, 1:

certum esse in caelo ac definitum locum, ubi, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 6, 13;

so with certus,

id. Fam. 3, 8; Quint. 7, 10, 7:

quaestiones,

Cic. Top. 24 fin.—Adv.: dē-fīnītē, definitely, precisely, distinctly, [p. 531] etc., Cic. Balb. 14; de Or. 2, 27, 118; Plin. Pan. 88, 6; Gell. 1, 257 al.— Comp. and sup. do not occur.

dēfīnĭo, īvi, ītum, 4, v. a.

To bound, to set bounds to; to limit, terminate, define (for syn. v. decerno—freq. in Cic.).

Lit.:

ejus fundi extremam partem oleae directo ordine definiunt,

Cic. Caecin. 8, 22; cf. id. Rep. 2, 6:

orbes caeli aspectum nostrum definiunt,

id. Div. 2, 44; cf. id. N. D. 2, 40:

orbem terrarum (loca),

id. Balb. 28, 64;

imperium populi R.,

id. Sest. 31, 67 al. —

Trop.

To designate by limiting; to limit, define, determine; to explain (cf. circumscribo, no. II. A.):

genus universum brevi circumscribi et definiri potest,

Cic. Sest. 45, 97; cf. id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

universam et propriam oratoris vim,

id. ib. 1, 15:

definienda res erit verbis et breviter describenda,

id. Inv. 1, 8 fin.; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 24; 2, 31 fin.: omitto innumerabiles viros, etc.... unum hoc definio, tantam esse necessitatem virtutis, etc., this only I declare, etc., id. ib. 1, 1 fin.: probe definitur a Stoicis fortitudo, cum eam virtutem esse dicunt propugnantem pro aequitate, id. Off. 1, 19; 1, 27, 96; id. Fin. 2, 2 et saep.:

nec uno modo definitur res eadem,

Quint. 7, 3, 16; Tac. A. 6, 28 et saep.:

aedes sibi optimas, hortos, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 8, 3, 9; cf.:

ut suus cuique locus erat definitus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 81, 4:

tempus adeundi,

id. ib. 7, 83, 5: cf.:

ante quem diem iturus sit,

id. B. C. 1, 11, 2:

annos,

Quint. 12, 6, 1:

consulatum in annos,

Caes. B. C. 3, 82, 4; cf.:

potestatem in quinquennium,

Cic. Agr. 2, 13:

ut quam vitam ingrediar, definias,

id. Ac. 2, 36; cf. id. Quint. 27:

non remittam: definitum est,

it is determined, decided, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 43; Cic. Fat. 5, 9; Vulg. 1 Reg. 20, 33.—

In opposition to breadth or laxity (cf. circumscribo, no. II. 2), to limit within certain bounds, to restrict, confine:

non vagabitur oratio mea longius atque eis fere ipsis definietur viris, qui, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 3:

quae sententia definit amicitiam paribus officiis ac voluntatibus,

Cic. Lael. 16, 58; cf. id. de Or. 3, 28, 109: ex perduellium numero definitus, included in the definition of, Off. 3, 29, 107 (dub.). —

To terminate, finish (very rare;

perh. only in the foll. places): ut totam hujus generis orationem concludam atque definiam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52 Zumpt; id. Or. 19 fin.: definito juvene, ended, i. e. slain, Apul. M. 8, p. 203, 20.—Hence, dēfīnītus, a, um, P. a. (according to no. I. B. 1), definite, limited, distinct, precise; plain, perspicuous (rare, but good prose): quaestionum duo sunt genera: alterum infinitum, alterum definitum. Definitum est, quod hupothesin Graeci, nos causam, etc., Cic. Top. 21;

so opp. generales,

Quint. 7, 2, 1:

certum esse in caelo ac definitum locum, ubi, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 6, 13;

so with certus,

id. Fam. 3, 8; Quint. 7, 10, 7:

quaestiones,

Cic. Top. 24 fin.—Adv.: dē-fīnītē, definitely, precisely, distinctly, [p. 531] etc., Cic. Balb. 14; de Or. 2, 27, 118; Plin. Pan. 88, 6; Gell. 1, 257 al.— Comp. and sup. do not occur.

1) описание круга, тж. окружность C

2) объём, очертания, контур, пределы (terrae, temporis C)

3) обольщение, плутовство, мошенничество, обман (adulescentium C; aliquem circumscriptionis accusare Sen)

4) ритор. (тж. c. verborum C) закруглённый оборот, период C

1) обманщик, плут C, Sen, J, CTh

2) устраняющий, отменяющий ( sententiae suae Tert)

part. pf. к circumscribo

circumscrīptor, ōris, m. (circumscribo), I) der Übervorteiler, Betrüger, Gauner, Cic. Cat. 2, 7. Sen. exc. contr. 6, 3. p. 285, 4 K. Iuven. 15, 135. Ambros. ep. 32, 2. – II) der Beseitiger, Aufheber, c. sententiae suae, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 27.