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circum-caesūra, or separate, cir-cum caesūra, ae, f., the external contour or outline ( = circumscriptio), Lucr. 3, 220; 4, 645; Arn. 3, p. 107.

circum-calco (in MSS. also cir-cumculco), āre, v. a., to tread or trample upon all around: codicem, Col. 5, 6, 21; id. 5, 6, 21, § 8: terminos, Sicul. Flac. p. 6.

Circumcellĭo, ōnis, m. [cella].

  1. I. A class of monks, who, without fixed abode, wandered about from cell to cell, Aug. in Psa. 132.
  2. II. A class of heretics, Hier. Ep. 22, 15; Isid. Orig. 8, 5, 53.

circumcīdānĕus, a, um, adj. [circumcīdo], prop., of or from cutting or paring around: mustum, wine pressed out after the ordinary pressing, when the husks and stems remaining in the press had been cut around, Cato, R. R. 23, 4; cf. Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 124 sq.; Col. 12, 36; the same, called mustum circumcisicium or circumcisitum, Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 3.

circum-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo],

  1. I. to cut around, cut, clip, trim (orig. in agriculture; syn.: amputo, reseco): ars agricolarum, quae circumcidat, amputet, erigat, etc., Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39: gemmam acuto scalpello circumcidito … ejusdem spatii corticem circumcidito, Col. Arb. 26, 8; 12, 36: latera scrobis, id. 5, 9, 9: arbores ad medullam, Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 191: aciem, Lucr. 3, 412: caespitem gladiis, Caes. B. G. 5, 42: ungues, Cels. 7, 26, 2: volnus, Plin. 25, 5, 25, § 61: genitalia (Judaeorum), to circumcise, Tac. H. 5, 5; cf. Petr. 102, 14; Gell. 17, 15, 7; Cels. 7, 25 init.
  2. II. Trop., to cut off, shorten, diminish, abridge, circumscribe (very freq. in prose; syn.: amputo, reseco, demo, aufero): testatur saepe Chrysippus, tres solas esse sententias, quae defendi possint, de finibus bonorum: circumcidit et amputat multitudinem, Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 138; so with amputo, id. de Or. 1, 15, 65; id. Fin. 1, 13, 44: sumptus circumcisi aut sublati, Liv. 32, 27, 4; so, impensam funeri, Phaedr. 4, 19, 25: circumcisā omni negotiosā actione, Cels. 4, 25: circumcidendum vinum est in totum annum, to be abstained from, id. 4, 20.
    Of discourse, to lop or cut off, to remove: circumcisis rebus, quae non arbitror pertinere ad agriculturam, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 11: circumcidat, si quid redundabit, Quint. 10, 2, 28; 4, 2, 42 Spald.: (oratio) rotunda et undique circumcisa, id. 8, 5, 27; 10, 1, 104: ineptas quaestiones, Sen. Contr. 2, 11.
    Hence, cir-cumcīsus, a, um, P. a., lit. cut off around, cut off; hence,
    1. A. Of localities = abscisus, abruptus, cut off from connection with the region around, steep, precipitous, inaccessible: saxum, Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11: Henna ab omni aditu circumcisa atque directa, id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107: collis ex omni parte circumcisus, Caes. B. G. 7, 36.
    2. B. Trop., abridged, short, brief (so prob. not before the Aug. per.): quid enim tam circumcisum, tam breve, quam hominis vita longissima? Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 11.
      Of discourse: circumcisae orationes et breves, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 4; cf. supra, Quint. 8, 5, 27.
      Adv.: circumcīsē, briefly: rem ante oculos ponere circumcise atque velociter, Quint. 8, 3, 81; * Suet. Rhet. 6; Macr. 5, 1.

circum-cingo, ĕre, v. a., to enclose around, surround: quā Mons Apenninus regiones Italiae Etruriaeque circumcingit, Vitr. 2, 6, 5: eum zonā gloriae, Vulg. Ecclus. 45, 9: PORTICVS, Inscr. Orell. 4043.
In part. pres., Cels. 7, 15: telis circumcingentibus, Sil. 10, 2.

circum-circā, adv., a strengthened circum or circa, all around (cf. the Heb. [??] [??], Vulg. Ezech. 40, 5; the Gr. ἀμφὶ τερί; and our round about—very rare, perh. only in the foll. exs.; and acc. to Serg. ap. Don. p. 1855 P. also in Cato): ubi erat haec defossa, occoepit scalpturire ibi ungulis circumcirca, * Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 9: coepi regiones circumcirca prospicere, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Auct. B. Hisp. 41; App. M. 11, p. 258, 23; cf. Prisc. p. 989 sq. P.; Serg. ap. Don. 1. 1.; Hand, Turs. II. p. 73.

circumcirco, āre, v. n., = circumeo, to go round: regiones, Amm. 31, 2, 23 Eyssenh.; dub. (al. circumcurrunt).

circumcīsē, adv., v. circumcido, P. a. fin.

circumcīsicius or -tius, v. circumcidaneus.

circumcīsĭo, ōnis, f. [circumcido], a cutting around, circumcision, physical and moral (only in eccl. Lat.): carnis, cordis, spiritūs, Lact. 4, 17, 1 sqq.; Tert. adv. Jud. 2; 3 et saep.

* circumcīsōrĭum, ii, n. [circumcido], an instrument for cutting around, Veg. Vet. 1, 26, 2; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 31.

* circumcīsūra, ae, f. [circumcido], a cutting around: arborum, Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 219.

circumcīsus, a, um, v. circumcido, P. a.

circum-clāmo, āre, v. a., to roar around, poet. of the raging waves: ora circumclamata procellis, Sid. Carm. 2, 506.

circum-claudo, ĕre, 3, v. a. (postclass. collat. form of circumcludo), to shut in: farinā circumclaudendus locus, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 7, 103.

circum-clūdo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [claudo],

  1. I. to shut in, enclose on every side (in good class. prose): ne duobus circumcluderetur exercitibus, Caes. B. C. 3, 30; cf. * Suet. Tib. 20; Auct. B. Hisp. 6: cornua ab labris argento, to surround with a rim of silver, Caes. B. G. 6, 28 fin.; Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 344: SEPVLCRVM MACERIIS, Inscr. Orell. 4349.
  2. II. Trop.: L. Catilina consiliis, laboribus, periculis meis circumclusus ac debilitatus, hemmed in, Cic. Cat. 2, 7, 14: aliquem suis praesidiis, suā diligentiā, id. ib. 1, 3, 7; Cod. Just. 6, 51, 1 pr.

* circumcŏla, ae, comm. [circumcolo], dwelling around: gentes, Tert. adv. Gnost. 3 fin.

circum-cŏlo, ĕre, v. a., to dwell round about or near: sinum maris, Liv. 5, 33, 10: paludem, id. 31, 41, 4; absol., Dig. 43, 12, 1; cf. ib. 43, 13, 1: Amazones circumcolunt Tanain, Amm. 22, 8, 27: insulam, id. 22, 8, 43.

circum-cordĭālis, e, adj., around the heart (post-class.): calor, Tert. Anim. 43: sanguis, id. ib. 15.

circumculco, āre, v. circumcalco.

circum-cŭmŭlo, āre, 1, v. a., to heap or pile up around: exanimes circumcumulantur acervi, Stat. Th. 10, 655.

circum-curro, ĕre, v. n.,

  1. I. to run round or about (not ante-Aug.), Vitr. 4, 6: circumcurrens linea, the periphery, Quint. 1, 10, 41.
  2. * II. Trop.: eam artem (rhetoricen) circumcurrentem vocaverunt. quod in omni materiā diceret, universal, Quint. 2, 21, 7.

circumcursĭo, ōnis, f. [circumcurro], a running around (late Lat.), App. M. 9, p. 222, 41.

circum-curso, āre, v. freq. a. and n., to run round about, to run about in, at, or near something (ante- and post-class.; in Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 5, more recent editt. read concursare); act.: omnia, * Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 4: aliquam hinc illinc, * Cat. 68, 133.
Absol.: hac illac, * Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 1: atria versari et circumcursare columnae … uti pueris videantur, Lucr. 4, 400: per omnes portas, Lact. 6, 12 (in paraphr. of Cic.).