circum (1)
I acc.of circus, adv.and praep.
I I. Adv, around, round about, all around : Arboribus clausi circum, V.: quae circum essent opera, Cs.: portis circum omnibus instant, V.: circum tutae sub moenibus urbis, round about under the walls , V.: Gentibus circumque infraque relictis, O.: circum Undique convenere, on all sides , V.—
II II. Praep.with acc.(sometimes following its case), around, about, all around : terra circum axem se convertit: novas circum felix eat hostia fruges, V.: circum caput Deposuit radios, O.— About, upon, around, near : capillus circum caput Reiectus, T.: flexo circum tempora cornu, O.: flumina circum, on the borders of the rivulets , V.: turbā circum te stante, H.: Circum claustra fremunt, V.— Among, around, through, to : circum villulas nostras errare, in our villas around : circum Me vectari rura caballo, H.: pueros circum amicos dimittit, to friends around : ducebat eos circum civitates: dimissis circum municipia litteris, Cs.: circum oram maritimam misit, ut, etc., L.: oras et litora circum Errans, V.— In the neighborhood of, around, about, at, near by : templa circum forum: urbes, quae circum Capuam sunt.—Of attendants, with, attending, accompanying : paucae, quae circum illam essent, T.: Hectora circum, V.: Circum pedes homines habere, i. e. slaves .—
III III. In composition, the m before vowels was not pronounced, and is often omitted; circum with many verbs forms a loose compound, and tmesis is frequent in poetry (see circumago, circumdo, etc.). Some edd. have circum verto, circum volito, etc.