circumforaneus

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

circum -fŏrānĕus, a, um, adj. [forum]. *

I Of or around the forum or market-place : aes, debts due in the forum (because the bankers’ shops were at the forum), Cic. Att. 2, 1, 11.—More freq.,

II Strolling about from market to market , that attends markets : pharmacopola, Cic. Clu. 14, 40: lanista, * Suet. Vit. 12: medicabulum, Ap. Met. 9, 4, 13.—

B In gen., that is carried about , ambulatory , movable : domus, Ap. Met. 4, 13, 14; hostiae, which are carried about for expiation (cf. circumfero, II. C.), Ap. Met. 3, 2, 15.

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