circumductĭo, ōnis, f. [circumduco].
I A leading or conducting around : aquarum, Vitr. 8, 6, 5 sq.: sphaerae, the circumference , Hyg. Astr. 1, 2; of a person, Cod. Th. 4, 8, 1.—
II Trop. *
A A cheating , defrauding : argenti, Plaut. Capt. Caterv. 3. —
B The expansion of a thought , a period , only in Quint. 11, 3, 39; 9, 4, 118.