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.