circumcido

circumcīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere

circum + caedo, to cut around, cut, clip, trim : ars agricolarum, quae circumcidat: gladiis caespites, Cs.—Fig., to cut off, diminish, abridge, circumscribe, get rid of, abolish : multitudinem: impensam funeri, Ph.: circumcisis quae in quaestum reperta, Ta.