circumiaceo

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

circum-jăcĕo, ĕre, v. n.,

I to lie round about , border upon (rare; not in Cic.).

α Absol. , * Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 123: populi circumjacentes, surrounding , Tac. A. 2, 72. —

β With dat.: Lycaonia et Phrygia circumjacent Europae, Liv. 37, 54, 11: capiti et collo, Ap. Deo Socr. p. 54, 33.—*

II Trop., in rhet.: circumjăcentĭa , ĭum, n., the context , Quint. 9, 4, 29.

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