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1 circumscriptio
circumscriptĭo, ōnis, f. [circumscribo].* I.Prop. (acc. to circumscribo, I.), an encircling, and (concrete) a circle:II.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, 45:2.aeternitas, quam nulla temporis circumscriptio metiebatur,
id. N. D. 1, 9, 21:corporeae forma circumscriptionis,
Arn. 2, 93; 3, 135.—In rhet.(α).A period:(β).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.—(γ).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).—B.(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.
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