circumdo

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Latin

Etymology

Possibly from circum- (around) +‎ -dō/-dere (put) subsequently remodelled to circum- +‎ dō/dāre (give).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

circumdō (present infinitive circumdare, perfect active circumdedī, supine circumdatum); first conjugation, irregular

  1. to surround, enclose, encircle
    Synonyms: circumveniō, circumeō, circumsistō, claudō, obsideō, assideō, circumsaepiō, stīpō, complector, amplector, saepiō

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • 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.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-dō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 175