circumgredior

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

circum-grĕdĭor, gressus, grĕdi, v dep [gradior],

I to go or walk around , travel about (esp. in a hostile manner; post-Aug., several times in Tac., elsewhere rare).

α Absol. , Tac. A. 1, 64; 2, 17; 12, 28.—

β With acc.: exercitum, * Sall. H. 4, 61, 21 Dietsch: terga, Tac. A. 2, 25; Syriam, Aur. Vict. Caes. 21; lacunam, Amm. 16, 12, 59.

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