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circum-sĕco, no

  1. I. perf., sectum āre, v. a., to cut or pare around: radices vitium, Cato, R. R. 114, 1: ungulas, Col. 6, 6, 4: tuberculum ferro, id. 7, 5, 13: aliquid serrulā, to saw around, * Cic. Clu. 64, 180: circumsecta aluta, Scrib. Comp. 229.
  2. * II. To circumcise, of the Jews (usu. circumcido), Suet. Dom. 12.

circum-sĕcus, adv., round, round about, in the region around (only in App.): astantes, App. M. 2, p. 121, 11; 5, p. 166, 23; 11, p. 264, 33; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 74.