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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).

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.—

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.—

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. —

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.—

In rhetoric:

oratio deducta et circumlata,

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