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Latin
Etymology
From circum- + stō.
Pronunciation
Verb
circumstō (present infinitive circumstāre, perfect active circumstetī); first conjugation, no supine stem
- to stand around, to surround or encircle, to occupy, to take possession of
- (figuratively) to encompass, to beset, to occupy, to take, to take possession of, to overcome
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 2.559–560:
- “At mē tum prīmum saevus circumstetit horror / Obstipuī….”
- “But then, the first , savage horror overcame me: I was astounded….”
(Aeneas is literally surrounded by death and destruction and figuratively begins to feel overwhelmed by concerns for the fate of his own family.)
Conjugation
References
- “circumsto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circumsto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circumsto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.