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Latin
Etymology
From circum- (“around”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).
Pronunciation
Verb
circumiciō (present infinitive circumicere, perfect active circumiēcī, supine circumiectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to throw, cast, place or hurl around
- to surround, encompass, envelop
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References
- “circumicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circumicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circumicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.