proximis+insulis+circuitis

circŭm-ĕo or circŭĕŏ (v. circum, III.; Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 736 sq.), īvi or ii, circuĭtum, īre ( inf. pass. circumirier, Plaut. Curc. 3, 81), v. n. and a.

Prop., to go around, travel or march around, etc. (class.): sparsis Medea capillis Bacchantum ritu flagrantes circuit aras, Ov. M. 7, 258:

per hortum circuit,

makes a circuit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 152; cf. Nep. Eum. 9, 2:

si rectum limitem rupti torrentibus pontes inciderint, circumire cogemur,

Quint. 2, 13, 16: an quasi mare omnes circumimus insulas? i. e. from one to another (cf. circum, II. C.), Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 6:

alvearia,

Col. 9, 9:

fines equis,

id. 1, 3:

praedia,

Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:

haec una opera circuit per familias,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 53:

qui imperavit ei, ut omnes fores aedificii circumiret,

Nep. Hann. 12, 4:

urbem,

Liv. 23, 25, 2:

Marcio et Atilio Epirus, Aetolia et Thessalia circumeundae assignantur... Lentuli circumeuntes Peloponnesi oppida, etc.,

id. 42, 37, 3 and 7:

haud ignarus erat circuitam ab Romanis eam (Hispaniam) legatis,

id. 21, 22, 1:

Civilis avia Belgarum circumibat,

Tac. H. 4, 70:

manibus nexis trunci modum,

to surround, Ov. M. 8, 748:

non potuere uno anno circumirier,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 81:

proximis insulis circuitis,

Suet. Aug. 98:

equites circumitis hostium castris Crasso renuntiaverunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 25:

circuitis templis,

Suet. Ner. 19 al.:

at pater omnipotens ingentia moenia caeli Circuit,

Ov. M. 2, 402:

circueunt unum Phineus et mille secuti Phinea,

surround, id. ib. 5, 157 (cf. circum, II. E.): Leucada continuam veteres habuere coloni;

nunc freta circumeunt,

flow around it, id. ib. 15, 290:

more lupi oves,

id. P. 1, 2, 20:

metam ferventi rotā,

avoids, id. A. A. 3, 396.—

Esp.

To surround, encircle, enclose, encompass.

Esp. in milit. lang.:

totam urbem muro turribusque circumiri posse,

Caes. B. C. 2, 16:

aciem, sinistrum cornu,

id. ib. 3, 93 sq.:

multitudine circumiri,

Nep. Them. 3, 2; id. Dat. 7, 3; Liv. 41, 26, 4; Gall. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 4:

ab iisdem acies Pompeiana a sinistrā parte erat circumita,

Caes. B. C. 3, 94.—

In gen., absol.:

quae circumibit linea, ejusdem spatii erit, cujus ea quae centum continet,

Quint. 1, 10, 44.—With acc.:

extremas oleis pacalibus oras (Pallas),

Ov. M. 6, 101:

cujus non hederae circumiere caput,

Prop. 2 (3), 5, 26.—

To go from one to another, soliciting, canvassing, admonishing, etc., qs. to go the rounds (stronger than ambire, which signif. to go to this one and that; most freq. after the Aug. per.;

in Cic. perh. only once, in his epistt.): itaque prenso amicos, supplico, ambio domos stationesque circumeo,

Plin. Ep. 2, 9, 5:

(Antonium) circumire veteranos, ut acta Caesaris sancirent,

Cic. Att. 14, 21, 2; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2:

Quinctilius circumire aciem Curionis atque obsecrare milites coepit,

Caes. B. C. 2, 28:

sed ipse Romulus circumibat docebatque,

Liv. 1, 9, 14; 1, 47, 7; 3, 47, 2:

ille Persarum tabernacula circumire, hortari,

Curt. 5, 9, 17; Tac. A. 2, 29; Plin. Pan. 69, 2; Suet. Aug. 56; id. Tib. 11:

rex agmen circuibat pedes,

Curt. 7, 3, 17; cf.:

cui orbem terrarum circumire non erit longum meā causā,

Plin. Ep. 7, 16, 4; 2, 9, 5.—

Trop.

To surround, enclose:

totius belli fluctibus circumiri,

Cic. Phil. 18, 9, 20:

ne superante numero et peritiā locorum circumiretur,

Tac. Agr. 25 fin.; Stat. S. 4, 4, 26.—

Like our circumvent, to deceive, impose upon, cheat, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 109:

facinus indignum, Sic circumiri,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 9:

puerum arte dolosā,

Mart. 8, 59, 14.—

Of discourse, to express by circumlocution (postAug.):

res plurimae carent appellationibus, ut eas necesse sit transferre aut circumire,

Quint. 12, 10, 34; 8, prooem. § 24 Spald.;

8, 2, 17: Vespasiani nomen suspensi et vitabundi circumibant,

went around, avoided mentioning it, Tac. H. 3, 37.

1) совершать круговое движение ( sol circumit PJ)

2) ходить кругом, обходить, объезжать, посещать (per hortum Pl, praedia C)

3) обходить, проверять, инспектировать (vigilias Sl, L)

4) переходить от одного к другому, упрашивая, ободряя, поощряя, уговаривая (c. plebem L; senatum PJ)

5) воен. обходить, окружать, брать в кольцо (c. hostem a fronte et a tergo QC)

6) обойти, надуть, обмануть ( arte dolosa aliquem M)

7) обходить молчанием, воздерживаться от упоминания (c. nomen alicujus T)

8) излагать перифрастически