set around

circum-do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre, v. a., lit. to put, set, or place around, i. e. both to wrap around (e. g. a mantle). and also to enclose (e. g. a town with a wall; syn.: cingo, vestio, saepio, circumvallo al.), with a twofold construction (cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 418).

Aliquid (alicui rei), to place something [p. 337] around something, to put, set around, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

With dat.:

aër omnibus est rebus circumdatus appositusque,

Lucr. 6, 1035:

moenibus subjectos prope jam ignes circumdatosque restinximus,

Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2:

circumdare fossam latam cubiculari lecto,

id. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

satellites armatos contioni,

Liv. 34, 27, 5:

hinc patre hinc Catulo lateri circumdatis, Romam rediit,

i. e. one on each side, id. 30, 19, 9; 3, 28, 2:

milites sibi,

Tac. A. 13, 25:

arma umeris,

Verg. A. 2, 510:

licia tibi,

id. E. 8, 74:

vincula collo,

Ov. M. 1, 631:

bracchia collo,

id. ib. 9, 459; 9, 605; 6, 479;

and in tmesis: collo dare bracchia circum,

Verg. A. 6, 700 (cf. the simplex:

bracchia cervici dare,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 3):

lectis aulaea purpura,

Curt. 9, 7, 15:

cum maxime in hostiam itineri nostro circumdatam intuens,

i. e. divided, and part placed on each side of the way, Liv. 40, 13, 4.—

Without a dat.:

caedere januam saxis, ligna et sarmenta circumdare ignemque subicere coeperunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69; 2, 1, 31, § 80:

ignes,

id. Pis. 38, 93:

custodias,

id. Cat. 4, 4, 8:

armata circumdatur Romana legio,

Liv. 1, 28, 3:

exercitu circumdato summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

Sall. J. 25, 9:

circumdatae stationes,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

murus circumdatus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

turris toto opere circumdedit,

id. ib. 7, 72:

circumdato vallo,

Curt. 3, 2, 2:

lauream (sc. capiti),

Suet. Vit. 9.— Subst.: circumdăti, ōrum, m., those around, the surrounding soldiers:

circumdatos Antonius adloquitur,

Tac. H. 3, 63.—With an abl. loci:

toto oppido munitiones,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 34 fin.:

equites cornibus,

Liv. 33, 18, 9; and without dat., Tac. A. 14, 53.—With two accs.:

circumdare terram radices,

Cato, R. R. 114;

and per tmesin,

id. ib. 157.—

Trop. (most freq. in Tac.):

cancelli, quos mihi ipse circumdedi,

Cic. Quint. 10, 36:

nescio an majora vincula majoresque necessitates vobis quam captivis vestris fortuna circumdederit,

Liv. 21, 43, 3:

egregiam famam paci circumdedit,

i. e. conferred, imparted, Tac. Agr. 20; cf.:

principatus inanem ei famam,

id. H. 4, 11; id. Or. 37:

principi ministeria,

id. H. 2, 59; id. A. 14, 15.—In a Greek construction:

infula virgineos circumdata comptus,

encompassing, Lucr. 1, 88; Tac. H. 4, 45; id. A. 16, 25.—

Aliquem or aliquid (aliquā re), to surround some person or thing ( with something), to encompass, enclose, encircle with.

Lit.

In gen.:

animum (deus) circumdedit corpore et vestivit extrinsecus,

Cic. Univ. 6 fin.; cf.:

aether corpore concreto circumdatus undique,

Lucr. 5, 469:

portum moenibus,

Nep. Them. 6, 1:

regio insulis circumdata,

Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

villam statione,

Tac. A. 14, 8:

suam domum spatio,

id. G. 16:

collis operibus,

id. A. 6, 41:

vallo castra,

id. H. 4, 57:

Othonem vexillis,

id. ib. 1, 36:

canibus saltus,

Verg. E. 10, 57:

circumdato me bracchiis: meum collum circumplecte,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 106:

collum filo,

Cat. 64, 377:

(aurum) circumdatum argento,

Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134: furvis circumdatus alis Somnus, * Tib. 2, 1, 89:

ad talos stola demissa et circumdata palla,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 99:

circumdedit se zonā,

Suet. Vit. 16:

circumdata corpus amictu,

Ov. M. 4, 313; cf. id. ib. 3, 666:

tempora vittis,

id. ib. 13, 643:

Sidoniam picto chlamydem circumdata limbo,

Verg. A. 4, 137.—

Esp. of a hostile surrounding, to surround, encompass, invest, besiege, etc.:

oppidum vallo et fossā,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 10:

oppidum quinis castris,

Caes. B. C. 3, 9:

cum legati... multitudine domum ejus circumdedissent,

Nep. Hann. 12, 4:

vallo atque fossā moenia circumdat,

Sall. J. 23, 1:

oppidum coronā,

Liv. 4, 47, 5:

quos (hostes) primo Camillus vallo circumdare est adortus,

id. 6, 8, 9:

fossā valloque urbem,

id. 25, 22, 8:

fossā duplicique vallo circumdatā urbe,

id. 28, 3, 5:

hostes exercitu toto,

Curt. 3, 8, 4. —

Trop.:

omni autem totam figuram mundi levitate circumdedit,

Cic. Univ. 6 init.:

exiguis quibusdam finibus oratoris munus circumdedisti,

have confined, circumscribed, id. de Or. 1, 62, 264; cf.:

minus octoginta annis circumdatum aevum,

Vell. 1, 17, 2:

pueritiam robore,

Tac. A. 12, 25:

fraude,

Sil. 7, 134; cf. id. 12, 477:

monstrorum novitate,

Quint. Decl. 18, 1.

circum-do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre, v. a., lit. to put, set, or place around, i. e. both to wrap around (e. g. a mantle). and also to enclose (e. g. a town with a wall; syn.: cingo, vestio, saepio, circumvallo al.), with a twofold construction (cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 418).

Aliquid (alicui rei), to place something [p. 337] around something, to put, set around, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

With dat.:

aër omnibus est rebus circumdatus appositusque,

Lucr. 6, 1035:

moenibus subjectos prope jam ignes circumdatosque restinximus,

Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2:

circumdare fossam latam cubiculari lecto,

id. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

satellites armatos contioni,

Liv. 34, 27, 5:

hinc patre hinc Catulo lateri circumdatis, Romam rediit,

i. e. one on each side, id. 30, 19, 9; 3, 28, 2:

milites sibi,

Tac. A. 13, 25:

arma umeris,

Verg. A. 2, 510:

licia tibi,

id. E. 8, 74:

vincula collo,

Ov. M. 1, 631:

bracchia collo,

id. ib. 9, 459; 9, 605; 6, 479;

and in tmesis: collo dare bracchia circum,

Verg. A. 6, 700 (cf. the simplex:

bracchia cervici dare,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 3):

lectis aulaea purpura,

Curt. 9, 7, 15:

cum maxime in hostiam itineri nostro circumdatam intuens,

i. e. divided, and part placed on each side of the way, Liv. 40, 13, 4.—

Without a dat.:

caedere januam saxis, ligna et sarmenta circumdare ignemque subicere coeperunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69; 2, 1, 31, § 80:

ignes,

id. Pis. 38, 93:

custodias,

id. Cat. 4, 4, 8:

armata circumdatur Romana legio,

Liv. 1, 28, 3:

exercitu circumdato summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

Sall. J. 25, 9:

circumdatae stationes,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

murus circumdatus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

turris toto opere circumdedit,

id. ib. 7, 72:

circumdato vallo,

Curt. 3, 2, 2:

lauream (sc. capiti),

Suet. Vit. 9.— Subst.: circumdăti, ōrum, m., those around, the surrounding soldiers:

circumdatos Antonius adloquitur,

Tac. H. 3, 63.—With an abl. loci:

toto oppido munitiones,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 34 fin.:

equites cornibus,

Liv. 33, 18, 9; and without dat., Tac. A. 14, 53.—With two accs.:

circumdare terram radices,

Cato, R. R. 114;

and per tmesin,

id. ib. 157.—

Trop. (most freq. in Tac.):

cancelli, quos mihi ipse circumdedi,

Cic. Quint. 10, 36:

nescio an majora vincula majoresque necessitates vobis quam captivis vestris fortuna circumdederit,

Liv. 21, 43, 3:

egregiam famam paci circumdedit,

i. e. conferred, imparted, Tac. Agr. 20; cf.:

principatus inanem ei famam,

id. H. 4, 11; id. Or. 37:

principi ministeria,

id. H. 2, 59; id. A. 14, 15.—In a Greek construction:

infula virgineos circumdata comptus,

encompassing, Lucr. 1, 88; Tac. H. 4, 45; id. A. 16, 25.—

Aliquem or aliquid (aliquā re), to surround some person or thing ( with something), to encompass, enclose, encircle with.

Lit.

In gen.:

animum (deus) circumdedit corpore et vestivit extrinsecus,

Cic. Univ. 6 fin.; cf.:

aether corpore concreto circumdatus undique,

Lucr. 5, 469:

portum moenibus,

Nep. Them. 6, 1:

regio insulis circumdata,

Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

villam statione,

Tac. A. 14, 8:

suam domum spatio,

id. G. 16:

collis operibus,

id. A. 6, 41:

vallo castra,

id. H. 4, 57:

Othonem vexillis,

id. ib. 1, 36:

canibus saltus,

Verg. E. 10, 57:

circumdato me bracchiis: meum collum circumplecte,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 106:

collum filo,

Cat. 64, 377:

(aurum) circumdatum argento,

Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134: furvis circumdatus alis Somnus, * Tib. 2, 1, 89:

ad talos stola demissa et circumdata palla,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 99:

circumdedit se zonā,

Suet. Vit. 16:

circumdata corpus amictu,

Ov. M. 4, 313; cf. id. ib. 3, 666:

tempora vittis,

id. ib. 13, 643:

Sidoniam picto chlamydem circumdata limbo,

Verg. A. 4, 137.—

Esp. of a hostile surrounding, to surround, encompass, invest, besiege, etc.:

oppidum vallo et fossā,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 10:

oppidum quinis castris,

Caes. B. C. 3, 9:

cum legati... multitudine domum ejus circumdedissent,

Nep. Hann. 12, 4:

vallo atque fossā moenia circumdat,

Sall. J. 23, 1:

oppidum coronā,

Liv. 4, 47, 5:

quos (hostes) primo Camillus vallo circumdare est adortus,

id. 6, 8, 9:

fossā valloque urbem,

id. 25, 22, 8:

fossā duplicique vallo circumdatā urbe,

id. 28, 3, 5:

hostes exercitu toto,

Curt. 3, 8, 4. —

Trop.:

omni autem totam figuram mundi levitate circumdedit,

Cic. Univ. 6 init.:

exiguis quibusdam finibus oratoris munus circumdedisti,

have confined, circumscribed, id. de Or. 1, 62, 264; cf.:

minus octoginta annis circumdatum aevum,

Vell. 1, 17, 2:

pueritiam robore,

Tac. A. 12, 25:

fraude,

Sil. 7, 134; cf. id. 12, 477:

monstrorum novitate,

Quint. Decl. 18, 1.

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.

amb-ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a., to burn around, to scorch (opp. exurere, to burn entirely up); also, with an extension of the idea, to burn wholly up, to consume (most freq. in part. perf.; class.).

Lit.

Hadrianus vivus exustus est:

Verres sociorum ambustus incendio, tamen ex illā flammā periculoque evasit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27:

Herculis corpus ambustum,

id. Sest. 68, 143:

terret ambustus Phaëthon avaras spes,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 25 al. —So Cicero jestingly calls the tribune of the people Munacius Plancus, at whose suggestion the enraged populace set fire to the senate-house, tribunus ambustus, the singed tribune of the people, Cic. Mil. 5, 12 Moeb.—Of those whom the lightning had struck, but not killed: Sen. Agam. 537:

tot circa me jactis fulminibus quasi ambustus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 3; so Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 9; id. Mil. 3, 2, 22:

Cassius, quem fama est esse libris Ambustum propriis,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 64:

magna vis frumenti ambusta,

Tac. H. 5, 12:

ambustum theatrum,

Suet. Claud. 21 al. —Hence, ambu-stum, i, n., in medic. lang., a burn:

inflammatio recentis ambusti,

Plin. 24, 8, 35, § 51:

sedare ambusta,

id. 24, 4, 5, § 10:

ambusta sanare,

id. 20, 20, 82, § 217:

ambusta igne vel frigore,

id. 24, 8, 29, § 45 al. —

From the similarity of effect, to injure by cold, to nip, benumb (cf. aduro):

ambusti multorum artus vi frigoris,

Tac. A. 13, 35:

ambusta pruinis lumina, i. e. oculi,

Val. Fl. 4, 70.—

Trop.

Of property:

ambustas fortunarum mearum reliquias,

the charred remains, Cic. Dom. 43.—

Of one who, when tried for an offence, comes off with great trouble:

qui damnatione collegae et suā prope ambustus evaserat,

had come off scorched, Liv. 22, 35.

amb-ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a., to burn around, to scorch (opp. exurere, to burn entirely up); also, with an extension of the idea, to burn wholly up, to consume (most freq. in part. perf.; class.).

Lit.

Hadrianus vivus exustus est:

Verres sociorum ambustus incendio, tamen ex illā flammā periculoque evasit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27:

Herculis corpus ambustum,

id. Sest. 68, 143:

terret ambustus Phaëthon avaras spes,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 25 al. —So Cicero jestingly calls the tribune of the people Munacius Plancus, at whose suggestion the enraged populace set fire to the senate-house, tribunus ambustus, the singed tribune of the people, Cic. Mil. 5, 12 Moeb.—Of those whom the lightning had struck, but not killed: Sen. Agam. 537:

tot circa me jactis fulminibus quasi ambustus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 3; so Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 9; id. Mil. 3, 2, 22:

Cassius, quem fama est esse libris Ambustum propriis,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 64:

magna vis frumenti ambusta,

Tac. H. 5, 12:

ambustum theatrum,

Suet. Claud. 21 al. —Hence, ambu-stum, i, n., in medic. lang., a burn:

inflammatio recentis ambusti,

Plin. 24, 8, 35, § 51:

sedare ambusta,

id. 24, 4, 5, § 10:

ambusta sanare,

id. 20, 20, 82, § 217:

ambusta igne vel frigore,

id. 24, 8, 29, § 45 al. —

From the similarity of effect, to injure by cold, to nip, benumb (cf. aduro):

ambusti multorum artus vi frigoris,

Tac. A. 13, 35:

ambusta pruinis lumina, i. e. oculi,

Val. Fl. 4, 70.—

Trop.

Of property:

ambustas fortunarum mearum reliquias,

the charred remains, Cic. Dom. 43.—

Of one who, when tried for an offence, comes off with great trouble:

qui damnatione collegae et suā prope ambustus evaserat,

had come off scorched, Liv. 22, 35.

cingo, xi, nctum, 3, v. a. [cf. Gr kullos, kurtos;

Lat. curvus, and clingo,

Curt. Griech. Etym. p. 545 sq. ], to go round in a circle, to surround, encompass, environ, gird, wreathe, crown, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop

In gen.:

quid autem interius mente? Cingatur igitur corpore externo,

i. e. it must be enclosed in a body, Cic. N. D 1, 11, 27:

non enim coronà consessus vester cinctus est, ut solebat,

id. Mil. 1, 1; cf.:

judicium insolitā trepidum cinxere coronă,

Luc. 1, 321;

tris (navīs) Eurus... Inhdit vadis atque aggere cingit harenae,

Verg. A 1, 112: cincta serpentibus Hydra, id. ib 7, 658: pennae ritu coepere volucrum Cingere utrumque latus, to cover, Ov M. 6, 718, apio fasces et secto cingere porro, Col. 10, 371.—

Esp.

To surround the body with a girdle, to gird on (the sword), to gird; esp. freq in pass. with abl., to be girded, encircled with something. iam quasi zonā, liene cinctus ambulo, Plaut Curc. 2, 1, 5; Curt. 3, 3, 19; cf.:

cui lati clavi jus erit, ita cingatur, ut, etc.,

Quint. 11, 3, 138:

ut cingeretur fluxiore cincturā,

Suet. Caes. 45:

Hispano cingitur gladio,

Liv. 7, 10, 5; 38, 21, 13; Suet. Calig 49:

ferro,

id. Aug. 35: ense, Ov F. 2, 13: cingor fulgentibus armis, Verg A. 2, 749; 11, 188, 11, 536; his cingi telis, id ib. 2, 520: ense latus cingit, Ov F. 2, 784; cf. Stat. Th. 4, 41:

cinctas resolvite vestes, Ov M. 1, 382. filios balteis,

Vulg. Lev 8, 13.— Poet., in pass with acc. (cf. accingor, II., and Zumpt, Gr §

458): inutile ferrum Cingitur,

Verg. A. 2, 511: cinctaeque ad pectora vestes Bracchia docta movent, Ov M. 6, 59.—Without case: Syrinx, Ov M. 1, 695;

puer alte cinctus,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 10.—Hence, in late Lat. cinctus = armis instructus, armatus, armed, equipped, enrolled:

cinctus in aliā militiā,

Dig. 39, 1, 38; cf. ib. 39, 1, 25.—As a girding up of the Roman dress was necessary in pursuits requiring physical action, hence, cingor (cf accingor), to make one ' s self ready for any thing, to prepare:

cingitur, certe expedit se,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 152;

cingitur ipse furens certatim in proelia Turnus,

Verg. A. 11, 486; cf.

supra,

Quint. 11, 3, 138; Hor S. 2, 8, 10; Ov. M. 6, 59.—

To encircle with a garland or crown, to crown (freq., esp in the poets).

Of the head:

muralique caput summum cinxere coronā,

Lucr. 2, 607; cf.

Ov A. A. 3, 392 tempora floribus,

Hor. C. 3, 25, 20;

Verg A. 5, 71: spicis,

Tib. 2, 1, 4 et saep.:

comam lauro,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 16; cf.:

Graias barbara vitta comas,

Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 78; Verg. A. 12, 163: de tenero cingite flore caput, Ov F 3, 254.— Poet.:

Atlantis, cinctum assidue cui nubibus atris Piniferum caput et vento pulsatur et imbri,

Verg. A. 4, 248; 7, 658; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 61.—

To encircle other parts of the body:

cujus lacertos anuli mei cingant,

Mart. 11, 100, 2.—

Of places, to surround, encircle, invest, enclose (the prevailing signif. in prose, esp. in the histt.; syn.: circumdo, claudo): (Tellus) oras maris undique cingens, Lucr. 6, 633; Cat. 64, 185; 64, 286:

flumen Dubis paene totum oppidum cingit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38 provincia mari cincta, Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

urbe portus ipse cingitur et continetur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96 Zumpt:

quod moenibus cingebatur,

Tac. A. 13, 41:

quae (terra) magnā ex parte cingitur fluctibus, speciem insulae praebet, etc.,

Curt. 3, 1, 13; 8, 10, 23; Ov A. A. 2, 469: cingitur insula tribus millibus passuum, i.e. has a circuit of, etc., Plin. 6, 12, 13, § 32.— Poet.:

cinxerunt aethera nimbi,

covered, Verg. A. 5, 13:

medium diem cinxere tenebrae,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 939.— Trop.;

diligentius urbem religione quam ipsis moenibus cingitis,

fortify, Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94.—

In milit. lang., to surround a place or army for defence or in a hostile manner, to fortify, to invest, be set, besiege:

coronā militum cincta urbs,

Liv. 7, 27, 7: castra vallo, id 7, 39, 8 equites cornua cinxere. covered, id. 23, 29, 3:

ultimum agmen validā manu,

to cover, Curt. 4, 13, 30:

urbem obsidione,

to besieye, Verg. A. 3, 52;

dextera cingitur amni,

id. ib. 9, 469:

(hostem) stationibus in modum obsidii,

Tac. A. 6, 34:

cingi ab armis hostium,

Ov. P. 2, 8, 69; Tib. 2, 3, 37, Prop. 3 (4), 3, 42.—Trop Sicilia multis undique cincta persons. Cio. Imp. Pomp 11, 30.—

To escort, to accompany inermi item regi praetor Achaeorum et unus ex purpuratis latus cingebant, Liv 32, 39, 8:

dum latus sancti cingit tibi turba senatus, Ov P. 4, 9, 17: nec noscitur ulli, Agminibus comitum qui mode cinctus erat,

id. Tr. 1, 5, 30:

cincta virgo matrum catervā, id M. 12, 216, Vell 2, 14, 1,

Tac. A. 1, 77;

Sil 4, 448,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 322 —

To peel off the bark around:

cingere est deglabrare,

Dig. 47, 7, 6 Pr, cf. Plin 17, 24, 37, § 234 sqq.

immitto ( inm-), īsi, issum, 3 ( perf. sync. immisti, Sil. 17, 354), v. a. [in-mitto], to send or let into a place, to introduce, admit, to send or despatch against, to let loose at, discharge at, to cast or throw into (freq. and class.; cf. intromitto, induco, introduco).

Lit.

In gen.:

servos ad spoliandum fanum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101; cf.:

servi in tecta nostra cum facibus immissi,

id. Att. 14, 10, 1; id. Sest. 36, 78:

magna vis hominum simul immissa,

Liv. 2, 5, 3:

equitatu immisso (in agmen hostium),

Caes. B. G. 7, 40, 4:

armaturam levem in stationes,

Liv. 40, 48, 2; 21, 8, 8:

corpus in undas,

Ov. H. 2, 133:

artificem mediis flammis,

id. M. 6, 615:

completas naves taeda et pice in Pomponianam classem immisit,

let loose, Caes. B. C. 3, 101, 2; so ib. § 5; cf.:

navem in terram,

Liv. 30, 25, 8: repente equum immisi ad eam legionem, urged, spurred, Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

si effrenatos in eos equos immittitis,

Liv. 40, 40, 5:

pila in hostes,

Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 6:

tela,

id. B. C. 3, 92, 2:

telum ex manu,

Dig. 9, 2, 52:

canalibus aqua immissa,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 6:

aquam ex fullonicis in fundum vicini,

Dig. 39, 3, 3:

cloacam privatam in publicum,

ib. 43, 23, 1; and:

puram aquam in alvum,

Cels. 2, 12:

haec (tigna) cum machinationibus immissa in flumen defixerat,

had driven into, Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 4:

bipedales trabes,

id. ib. §

6: tigna (in parietem),

Dig. 8, 5, 8; 43, 25, 3:

coronam caelo,

hurls it to the sky, Ov. M. 8, 179:

lentum filis immittitur aurum,

is inserted, interwoven, id. ib. 6, 68:

circa oneratas veste cervices laticlaviam immiserat mappam,

put on, put around, Petr. 32, 2:

dexteraque immissis da mihi signa rotis,

let loose, swiftly driven, Prop. 3, 9, 58; cf.:

immissis pars caeca et concita frenis Arietat in portas,

slackened, Verg. A. 11, 889:

habenas,

id. ib. 5, 662; Ov. M. 1, 280; cf.

rudentes,

let go, let loose, Plin. Ep. 8, 4, 5:

Codrus in medios se immisit hostes,

threw himself, Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116; Liv. 9, 4, 10:

se in hostium manum multitudinemque,

Cic. Font. 17, 38; cf.:

immisit in armatas hostium copias,

id. Par. 1, 2, 12:

offirmastin' occultare, quo te inmittas,

whither you are going, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 40. —

In partic.

To send against (secretly or hostilely), to set on, incite, instigate, suborn (mostly post-Aug.):

alii Tarquinium a Cicerone immissum aiebant,

Sall. C. 48, 8:

fratrem Tiberium inopinantem repente immisso tribuno militum interemit,

Suet. Calig. 23; cf. Tac. A. 3, 16:

immissis qui monerent,

id. ib. 4, 54:

Suillium accusandis utrisque immittit,

id. ib. 11, 1:

ad cujus rei probationem immittet indices,

Just. 32, 2:

invidia et a dissimilibus delator inmissus,

Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 3. —

To let grow unrestrained or wild:

ea vitis immittitur ad uvas pariendas,

Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 3:

cupressus immittitur in perticas asseresve,

Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 141:

pro densitate arborum immissorumque aliorum in alios ramorum,

grown together, interwoven, Liv. 40, 22, 3: penitus immissis radicibus niti, deeply planted or sunk, Quint. 1, 3, 5: barba immissa et intonso capillo, etc., overgrown, hanging down, Sisenn. ap. Non. 130, 8; so,

barba immissa,

Verg. A. 3, 593; Ov. M. 12, 351; Quint. 12, 3, 12:

immissi capilli,

Ov. F. 1, 503; id. M. 5, 338; 6, 168; cf.

, in a Greek construction: Phleias immissus patrios de vertice crines,

Val. Fl. 1, 412.—

To ingraft:

trunci resecantur, et... deinde feraces plantae immittuntur,

Verg. G. 2, 80.—

Aliquem in bona alicujus, to install, put in possession, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 142.—

Trop.:

aliquid in aures,

to listen to, Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 14; but without in:

ne tu quod istic fabuletur auris inmittas tuas,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 16: verba suis immittere figuris, to accommodate its modes of thought to the words, Manil. 1, 24:

jactam et immissam a te nefariam in me injuriam semper duxi,

Cic. Par. 4, 1, 28:

hic corrector in eo ipso loco, quo reprehendit, immittit imprudens ipse senarium,

lets escape him, id. Or. 56, 190:

si nihil extrinsecus accidit, quod corpus ejus in aliquam valetudinem immitteret,

threw into some sickness, Dig. 1, 21, 14, § 2:

immisitque fugam Teucris atrumque timorem,

instilled, infused, Verg. A. 9, 719:

vires alicui,

Val. Fl. 7, 353:

amorem,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 554.

immitto ( inm-), īsi, issum, 3 ( perf. sync. immisti, Sil. 17, 354), v. a. [in-mitto], to send or let into a place, to introduce, admit, to send or despatch against, to let loose at, discharge at, to cast or throw into (freq. and class.; cf. intromitto, induco, introduco).

Lit.

In gen.:

servos ad spoliandum fanum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101; cf.:

servi in tecta nostra cum facibus immissi,

id. Att. 14, 10, 1; id. Sest. 36, 78:

magna vis hominum simul immissa,

Liv. 2, 5, 3:

equitatu immisso (in agmen hostium),

Caes. B. G. 7, 40, 4:

armaturam levem in stationes,

Liv. 40, 48, 2; 21, 8, 8:

corpus in undas,

Ov. H. 2, 133:

artificem mediis flammis,

id. M. 6, 615:

completas naves taeda et pice in Pomponianam classem immisit,

let loose, Caes. B. C. 3, 101, 2; so ib. § 5; cf.:

navem in terram,

Liv. 30, 25, 8: repente equum immisi ad eam legionem, urged, spurred, Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

si effrenatos in eos equos immittitis,

Liv. 40, 40, 5:

pila in hostes,

Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 6:

tela,

id. B. C. 3, 92, 2:

telum ex manu,

Dig. 9, 2, 52:

canalibus aqua immissa,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 6:

aquam ex fullonicis in fundum vicini,

Dig. 39, 3, 3:

cloacam privatam in publicum,

ib. 43, 23, 1; and:

puram aquam in alvum,

Cels. 2, 12:

haec (tigna) cum machinationibus immissa in flumen defixerat,

had driven into, Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 4:

bipedales trabes,

id. ib. §

6: tigna (in parietem),

Dig. 8, 5, 8; 43, 25, 3:

coronam caelo,

hurls it to the sky, Ov. M. 8, 179:

lentum filis immittitur aurum,

is inserted, interwoven, id. ib. 6, 68:

circa oneratas veste cervices laticlaviam immiserat mappam,

put on, put around, Petr. 32, 2:

dexteraque immissis da mihi signa rotis,

let loose, swiftly driven, Prop. 3, 9, 58; cf.:

immissis pars caeca et concita frenis Arietat in portas,

slackened, Verg. A. 11, 889:

habenas,

id. ib. 5, 662; Ov. M. 1, 280; cf.

rudentes,

let go, let loose, Plin. Ep. 8, 4, 5:

Codrus in medios se immisit hostes,

threw himself, Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116; Liv. 9, 4, 10:

se in hostium manum multitudinemque,

Cic. Font. 17, 38; cf.:

immisit in armatas hostium copias,

id. Par. 1, 2, 12:

offirmastin' occultare, quo te inmittas,

whither you are going, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 40. —

In partic.

To send against (secretly or hostilely), to set on, incite, instigate, suborn (mostly post-Aug.):

alii Tarquinium a Cicerone immissum aiebant,

Sall. C. 48, 8:

fratrem Tiberium inopinantem repente immisso tribuno militum interemit,

Suet. Calig. 23; cf. Tac. A. 3, 16:

immissis qui monerent,

id. ib. 4, 54:

Suillium accusandis utrisque immittit,

id. ib. 11, 1:

ad cujus rei probationem immittet indices,

Just. 32, 2:

invidia et a dissimilibus delator inmissus,

Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 3. —

To let grow unrestrained or wild:

ea vitis immittitur ad uvas pariendas,

Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 3:

cupressus immittitur in perticas asseresve,

Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 141:

pro densitate arborum immissorumque aliorum in alios ramorum,

grown together, interwoven, Liv. 40, 22, 3: penitus immissis radicibus niti, deeply planted or sunk, Quint. 1, 3, 5: barba immissa et intonso capillo, etc., overgrown, hanging down, Sisenn. ap. Non. 130, 8; so,

barba immissa,

Verg. A. 3, 593; Ov. M. 12, 351; Quint. 12, 3, 12:

immissi capilli,

Ov. F. 1, 503; id. M. 5, 338; 6, 168; cf.

, in a Greek construction: Phleias immissus patrios de vertice crines,

Val. Fl. 1, 412.—

To ingraft:

trunci resecantur, et... deinde feraces plantae immittuntur,

Verg. G. 2, 80.—

Aliquem in bona alicujus, to install, put in possession, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 142.—

Trop.:

aliquid in aures,

to listen to, Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 14; but without in:

ne tu quod istic fabuletur auris inmittas tuas,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 16: verba suis immittere figuris, to accommodate its modes of thought to the words, Manil. 1, 24:

jactam et immissam a te nefariam in me injuriam semper duxi,

Cic. Par. 4, 1, 28:

hic corrector in eo ipso loco, quo reprehendit, immittit imprudens ipse senarium,

lets escape him, id. Or. 56, 190:

si nihil extrinsecus accidit, quod corpus ejus in aliquam valetudinem immitteret,

threw into some sickness, Dig. 1, 21, 14, § 2:

immisitque fugam Teucris atrumque timorem,

instilled, infused, Verg. A. 9, 719:

vires alicui,

Val. Fl. 7, 353:

amorem,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 554.

mēta, ae, f. [root ma-, measure, whence Gr. metron; Lat. manus, mane, etc. (q. v.), properly, that which marks a measured space, hence], any mark at a boundary or limit, esp.,

The conical columns set in the ground at each end of the Roman Circus, the goal, turning-post:

metaque fervidis Evitata rotis,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 5:

aut prius infecto deposcit praemia cursu Septima quam metam triverit ante rota,

Prop. 3, 20, 25; cf.:

et modo lora dabo, modo verbere terga notabo, Nunc stringam metas interiore rotā,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 11; Suet. Caes. 39:

petra in metae maxime modum erecta est, cujus ima spatiosiora sunt, altiora in artius coëunt, summa in acutum cacumen exsurgunt,

i. e. in the shape of a cone, Curt. 8, 39, 6; cf. III. 3. infra).—

Any goal or winning-post, the mark, goal, in any contest of speed:

optatam cursu contingere metam, of a footrace,

Hor. A. P. 412:

metam tenere, in a boatrace,

Verg. A. 5, 159.—

Trop. (because of the danger to drivers of striking the goal, and breaking their oars), a critical point, place of danger:

fama adulescentis paulum haesit ad metas, notitiā novā mulieris,

broke down, failed, at the critical point, Cic. Cael. 31.—

Transf., an end, period, extremity, boundary, limit:

longarum haec meta viarum,

Verg. A. 3, 714:

ad metas aevi pervenire,

id. ib. 10, 472:

metam tangere vitae,

Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 1:

ad metam properare,

id. A. A. 2, 727:

ultima,

id. Am. 3, 15, 2:

hic tibi mortis erant metae,

Verg. A. 12, 546:

ad quas metas naturae sit perveniendum usu,

i. e. extremes, Varr. L. L. 8, 16, 31:

quando illa (luna) incurrat in umbram terrae, quae est meta noctis, eam obscurari necesse est,

the limit, measure of night, Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17 (but v. 3. below, fin. and the passage there cited from Pliny): sol ex aequo metā distabat utrāque, equally far from both ends of his course, i. e. at noon, Ov. M. 3, 145:

intercalariis mensibus interponendis ita dispensavit (Numa), ut vices uno anno ad metam eandem solis unde orsi essent... dies congruerent,

Liv. 1, 19, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:

metae Marsicae, = fines Marsorum,

Mart. Cap. 4, § 331 Kapp:

pares horarum metas, tam antemeridialium quam postremarum, manifestant,

id. 6, § 600.—

A turning-point in one's course:

praestat Trinacrii metas lustrare Pachyni,

to sail around the promontory of Pachynus, Verg. A. 3, 429.—

Of any thing resembling in shape the meta of the Circus; any thing of a conical or pyramidal form, a cone, pyramid (class.);

of a conical hill: ipse collis est in modum metae, in acutum cacumen a fundo satis lato fastigatus,

Liv. 37, 27:

buxus in metas emittitur,

into cones, Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70:

in metas foenum exstruere,

in ricks, haycocks, Col. 2, 18, 2:

lactantes,

conical cheeses, Mart. 1, 44, 7:

lactis,

id. 3, 58, 35:

meta sudans,

a conical stone on a fountain, dripping with water, Sen. Ep. 56, 4: meta molendaria, or molendinaria, that part of the upper millstone which projects downward and grinds the corn (the upper part is the catillus, q. v.); = Gr. onos aletês, Dig. 33, 7, 18, § 5:

metas molendinarias rotare,

Amm. 17, 4, 15:

si minor materia quam lux, metae existere effigiem,

i. e. if the solid body be smaller than the light, its shadow will be conical, Plin. 2, 11, 8, § 51 (cf. the context).

ŏb-ĕo, īvi or ĭi (obivi, Verg. A. 6, 801; Aus. Epit. 32, 4; Anthol. Lat. 4, 97, 1;

contr. obit for obiit,

Lucr. 3, 1042; Luc. 9, 189; Juv. 6, 559), ĭtum, 4 (lengthened form, obinunt obeunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 189 Müll.), v. n. and a.

Neutr., to go or come to or towards, to come in, to go to meet, go against (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

In gen.:

donec vis obiit,

until force intervene, Lucr. 1, 222:

dum acris vis obeat,

id. 1, 247:

obit infera Perseus in loca,

Cic. Arat. 465 (Grot. 718):

ad omnes hostium conatus,

to go to meet, to oppose, Liv. 31, 21. —

In partic.

Of constellations, to go down, to set:

abditur Orion, obit et Lepus abditus umbrā,

Cic. Arat. 46, 3 (Grot. 716); Stat. S. 2, 1, 210:

an sidera obirent, nascerenturve,

Plin. 2, 26, 24, § 95.—Of the sun:

in reliquis orientis aut obeuntis solis partibus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 22:

in undis Sol fit uti videatur obire et condere lumen,

Lucr. 4, 433.—Hence, to pass by:

tres noctes,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 11.—

Pregn., to fall, perish (syn.:

occido, pereo, occumbo). —Of cities: et Agamede obiit et Hiera,

Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139; id. 5, 29, 31, § 117.— —Hence, to die:

malo cruciatu ut pereas atque obeas cito,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 76; Lucr. 3, 1045;

tecum vivere amem, tecum obeam libens,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 24:

simul se cum illis obituros,

Liv. 5, 39, 13:

gaudio,

to die of joy, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180:

morbo,

of a disease, id. 11, 37, 71, § 187; Vell. 2, 47, 2; 2, 102, 1; Tac. A. 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 63; id. Tib. 39; id. Ner. 3; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 10; 6, 2, 5:

voluntariā morte obiit,

Suet. Galb. 3 fin.; Vell. 2, 8, 7; Eutr. 7, 17:

morte subitā,

id. 8, 15:

repentinā morte,

id. 10, 17; Ambros. Ep. 53, 3.—

Act. (freq. and class.), to go or come to a thing or place.

In gen.:

Acherontem nunc obibo, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. ob, p. 201 Müll. (Trag. v. 278 Vahl.): tantum restitisset urbis, quantum flamma obire non potuisset,

to reach, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25.—

In partic.

To travel over or through; to wander through, traverse, visit:

nec vero Alcides tantum telluris obivit,

Verg. A. 6, 801:

tantas regiones barbarorum pedibus obiit,

Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87:

villas,

to visit, id. Fam. 7, 1, 5:

comitia,

id. Att. 1, 4, 1:

cenas,

id. ib. 9, 13, 6. —

To run over with the eyes, to survey, review:

oculis exercitum,

to survey, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 13:

omnia visu,

Verg. A. 10, 447.—In speaking, to go over, mention, recount:

oratione omnes civitates,

to enumerate, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 125.—

To go around, surround, overspread, envelop ( poet.):

chlamydem limbus obibat Aureus,

Ov. M. 5, 51:

clipeum,

Verg. A. 10, 482.—

To apply [p. 1234] one's self to, to engage in, attend to any business or undertaking; to enter upon an office; to discharge, perform, execute, accomplish any thing:

obeundi negotii studio tot loca adire,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:

hereditatum obeundarum causā,

to enter upon, take possession of, id. Agr. 1, 3, 8:

facinus,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

pugnas,

to engage in battle, Verg. A. 6, 167; Val. Fl. 3, 710:

judicia,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173:

legationem,

to enter upon, undertake, id. Att. 15, 7; Nep. Dion. 1, 4:

consularia munera,

Liv. 2, 8:

munus vigiliarum,

id. 3, 6:

publica ac privata officia,

Just. 41, 3, 4:

neque privatam rem... neque publicam,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53:

ne ad omnia simul obire unus non possit,

Liv. 10, 25, 14:

rusticum opus,

Col. 12, 3:

bella,

Liv. 4, 7:

sacra,

id. 1, 20:

imperia,

to perform, execute, Stat. Achill. 1, 149.—

To meet:

vadimonium,

to meet one's bail, appear at the appointed time, Cic. Quint. 17, 54:

diem,

to appear on the day appointed, id. Lael. 2, 7; id. Phil. 3, 8, 29; id. Att. 13, 14, 1:

annum petitiones tuae,

i. e. to be a candidate the first year the law permits, id. Fam. 10, 25.—Hence, diem suum obire, to die:

ea diem suom obiit,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 27; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2; Gell. 6, 8, 6; so,

diem supremum,

Nep. Milt. 7, 6;

and simply, diem,

Suet. Vesp. 1:

mortem,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 15; Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 48; hence, in the pass.:

morte obitā (sc. ob rem publicam),

id. Sest. 38, 83.—Hence, P. a. (anteand post-class.): ŏbĭtus, a, um, for mortuus, dead, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 869 P.: obiti, the dead:

obitis libatione profunditur,

App. de Mund. p. 68:

OBITAE,

Inscr. Orell. 2673.