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Latin
Etymology
From circum- (“around”) + veniō (“come”).
Pronunciation
Verb
circumveniō (present infinitive circumvenīre, perfect active circumvēnī, supine circumventum); fourth conjugation
- to surround
- Synonyms: circumeō, circumsistō, circumdō, claudō, obsideō, assideō, circumsaepiō, stīpō, saepiō, complector, amplector
- to beset, oppress, distress, overthrow
- Synonyms: opprimō, angō
- to circumvent, deceive, cheat, trick
- Synonyms: frūstror, ēlūdō, mentior, dēstituō, fallō, fraudō, dēcipiō, circumdūcō, ingannō, indūcō
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References
- “circumvenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circumvenio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circumvenio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make the round of the sentries: circumvenire vigilias (Sall. Iug. 45. 2)
- to surround the enemy from the rear: circumvenire hostem aversum or a tergo (B. G. 2. 26)