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circum-rādo, rāsi, rāsum, ĕre, v. a., to scrape, shave, or pare around: tonsillas digito, Cels. 7, 12, n. 2: dentem, id. ib.: sarmentum circumrasum, Col. 4, 29, 14.

* circumrāsĭo, ōnis, f. [circumrado], a scraping or paring around: corticis, Plin. 17, 26, 39. § 246.

circum-rētĭo, īvi, ītum, 4, v. a., to enclose with a net, insnare.

  1. I. Prop.: Martem et Venerem Vulcani esse circumretitos arte, Arn. 5, p. 186; cf. id. 4, p. 181; cf. circumnecto fin.
  2. II. Trop.: aliquem, Lucr. 5, 1152: aliquem fraude, Sid. Ep. 5, 13: cum te implicatum severitate judicum, circumretitum frequentiă populi Romani esse videam, * Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 150.

circum-rōdo, di, 3, v. a., to gnaw or nibble all round.

  1. I. Prop.: escam, Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 12.
  2. II. Trop.: dudum enim circumrodo, quod devorandum est, i. e. I have long hesitated to speak out, * Cic. Att. 4, 5, 1: qui Dente Theonino cum circumroditur, i. e. is slandered, calumniated, * Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 82.

* circum-rōrans, antis, Part. [roro], sprinkling all round: aliquem, App. M. 11, p. 268, 21.

circum-rŏto, āre, v. a., to turn round in a circle: caeli orbem, C. German. Fragm. 3, 9: machinas, App. M. 9, p. 222, 7.