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Latin

Etymology

From circum- +‎ scrībō.

Pronunciation

Verb

circumscrībō (present infinitive circumscrībere, perfect active circumscrīpsī, supine circumscrīptum); third conjugation

  1. to draw a line around, enclose in a circle, circumscribe
  2. to enclose, limit, bound, restrain, hem in
  3. (medicine) to abate, subside
  4. to deceive, cheat, circumvent, entrap, ensnare
  5. to defraud, deprive of money
  6. to declare invalid, annul, invalidate, void

Conjugation

   Conjugation of circumscrībō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present circumscrībō circumscrībis circumscrībit circumscrībimus circumscrībitis circumscrībunt
imperfect circumscrībēbam circumscrībēbās circumscrībēbat circumscrībēbāmus circumscrībēbātis circumscrībēbant
future circumscrībam circumscrībēs circumscrībet circumscrībēmus circumscrībētis circumscrībent
perfect circumscrīpsī circumscrīpsistī circumscrīpsit circumscrīpsimus circumscrīpsistis circumscrīpsērunt,
circumscrīpsēre
pluperfect circumscrīpseram circumscrīpserās circumscrīpserat circumscrīpserāmus circumscrīpserātis circumscrīpserant
future perfect circumscrīpserō circumscrīpseris circumscrīpserit circumscrīpserimus circumscrīpseritis circumscrīpserint
passive present circumscrībor circumscrīberis,
circumscrībere 		circumscrībitur circumscrībimur circumscrībiminī circumscrībuntur
imperfect circumscrībēbar circumscrībēbāris,
circumscrībēbāre 		circumscrībēbātur circumscrībēbāmur circumscrībēbāminī circumscrībēbantur
future circumscrībar circumscrībēris,
circumscrībēre 		circumscrībētur circumscrībēmur circumscrībēminī circumscrībentur
perfect circumscrīptus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect circumscrīptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect circumscrīptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present circumscrībam circumscrībās circumscrībat circumscrībāmus circumscrībātis circumscrībant
imperfect circumscrīberem circumscrīberēs circumscrīberet circumscrīberēmus circumscrīberētis circumscrīberent
perfect circumscrīpserim circumscrīpserīs circumscrīpserit circumscrīpserīmus circumscrīpserītis circumscrīpserint
pluperfect circumscrīpsissem circumscrīpsissēs circumscrīpsisset circumscrīpsissēmus circumscrīpsissētis circumscrīpsissent
passive present circumscrībar circumscrībāris,
circumscrībāre 		circumscrībātur circumscrībāmur circumscrībāminī circumscrībantur
imperfect circumscrīberer circumscrīberēris,
circumscrīberēre 		circumscrīberētur circumscrīberēmur circumscrīberēminī circumscrīberentur
perfect circumscrīptus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect circumscrīptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — circumscrībe — — circumscrībite —
future — circumscrībitō circumscrībitō — circumscrībitōte circumscrībuntō
passive present — circumscrībere — — circumscrībiminī —
future — circumscrībitor circumscrībitor — — circumscrībuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present circumscrībere circumscrībī circumscrībēns —
future circumscrīptūrum esse circumscrīptum īrī circumscrīptūrus circumscrībendus,
circumscrībundus
perfect circumscrīpsisse circumscrīptum esse — circumscrīptus
future perfect — circumscrīptum fore — —
perfect potential circumscrīptūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
circumscrībendī circumscrībendō circumscrībendum circumscrībendō circumscrīptum circumscrīptū

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “circumscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “circumscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • circumscribo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to set bounds to a thing, limit it: terminis circumscribere aliquid
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