circum-ĭcĭo or circum-jĭcĭo (access. form circumjăcĭo, Liv. 33, 18, 17, where more recent editt. read circumagere), jēci, jectum, 3, v. a.
I To cast , throw , or place around (in good class. prose): amictum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 132: vallum, Liv. 35, 4, 6: fossam quoque et alia munimenta verticibus iis... circumjecere, id. 38, 19, 5: pars urbis, cui brevior orbis munitionis circumjectus erat, id. 36, 9, 12 miles moenibus Cremonensium castra sua, castris vallum circumjecerat, Tac. H. 3, 26 vehicula, id. A. 14, 37; multitudinem hominum totis moenibus, Caes. B. G. 2, 6 equites levisque armaturae quod erat cornibus circumjectum, Liv. 33, 18, 11 custodes, Tac. A. 6, 19 al.—In pass. with acc. (depending on circum): quod anguis vectem circumjectus fuisset, had wound itself around , Cic. Div. 2, 28, 62.
II —Hence, circumjectus , a, um, of localities, lying around , surrounding : aedificia muris, Liv. 9, 28, 5: silvae itineri, id. 35, 30, 6: moenia regiae, Tac. H. 5, 11 fin. — Absol. : lucus, Liv. 31, 24, 17: silvae, Suet. Aug. 100: campi, Curt. 3, 1, 3: nemora, id. 3, 10, 2 oppida, Tac. A. 4, 27: nationes, id. ib. 6, 31; 12, 31: civitates, id. H. 3, 43 fin. tecta, id. A. 15, 37.— Subst.: circumjecta , ōrum, n. (sc. loca), the neighborhood : vagi circumjecta populabantur, Tac. A. 1, 21.—Trop., of discourse (cf. circumjaceo, II.): circumjectae orationis copia, standing by , * Quint. 4, 2, 117.—
II Aliquid aliquā re, to encompass or environ , to surround : extremitatem caeli rotundo ambitu, Cic. Univ. 8, 23: planities saltibus circumjecta, surrounded , Tac. A. 2, 11.