circumcirca

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

circum-circā, adv., a strengthened circum or circa,

all around (cf. the Heb., Vulg. Ezech. 40, 5; the Gr. ἀμφὶ περί; and our round about —very rare, perh. only in the foll. exs.; and acc. to Serg. ap. Don. p. 1855 P. also in Cato): ubi erat haec defossa, occoepit scalpturire ibi ungulis circumcirca, * Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 9: coepi regiones circumcirca prospicere, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Auct. B. Hisp. 41; Ap. Met. 11, 3, 24; cf. Prisc. p. 989 sq. P.; Serg. ap. Don. 1. 1.; Hand, Turs. II. p. 73.