circumdo
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From circum- (“circum-”) + dō (“I give”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kirˈkum.doː/, [kɪrˈkʊn̪d̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃirˈkum.do/, [t͡ʃirˈkumd̪o]
Verb[edit]
circumdō (present infinitive circumdare, perfect active circumdedī, supine circumdatum); first conjugation, irregular
- to surround, enclose or encircle
- Synonyms: circumveniō, circumeō, circumsistō, claudō, obsideō, assideō, circumsaepiō, stīpō, complector, amplector, saepiō
Conjugation[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “circumdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circumdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circumdo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Entry ‘circumdate, a.’. The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., version 4.0.