circumcingo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

circum-cingo, ĕre, v. a.,

to enclose around , surround : quā Mons Apenninus regiones Italiae Etruriaeque circumcingit, Vitr. 2, 6, 5: eum zonā gloriae, Vulg. Ecclus. 45, 9: PORTICVS, Inscr. Orell. 4043.—In part. pres. , Cels. 7, 15: telis circumcingentibus, Sil. 10, 2.