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Latin
Etymology
From circum- + vallō.
Pronunciation
Verb
circumvāllō (present infinitive circumvāllāre, perfect active circumvāllāvī, supine circumvāllātum); first conjugation
- to surround with a wall
- to blockade or besiege
- to beset
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “circumvallo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circumvallo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circumvallo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.