circŭĭtĭo (circŭmĭtĭo, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40; 2, 61, 127; Liv. 3, 6, 9; Front. de Or. 3; Amm. 24, 2, 2), ōnis, f. [circumeo].
I A going round; in milit. lang., the rounds : circuitio ac cura (vigiliarum) aedilium plebei erat. Liv. 3, 6, 9.—
2 A circuit : muni mentum fluminis circumitione vallatum, Amm 24, 2, 2.—
B Trop., a circuitous mode , a circumlocution. ita aperte ipsam rem modo locutus, nil circuitione usus es, Ter. And. 202: quid opus est circumitione et anfractu? Cic. Div. 2, 61, 127, cf. Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43: Epicurus circuitione quādam ( in an indirect manner ) deos tollens, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40.—
II Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), a place for going round something , a way , passage , corridor , Vitr. 4, 4; 6, 3; 10, 19.—
B A circumference , compass , Vitr. 1, 5; 2, 10.