circumductio

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

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.