circumlavo

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

circum-lăvo, āre and ĕre,

v a. , lit. to wash around , hence, of waters, to overflow all around (only in the foll. exs.): Aegyptus, quam Nilus circumlavat, Hyg. Fab. 275: insula superjactis fluctibus circumlavitur, Sall. ap Non. p. 504, 1 ( id. H. 2, 83 Dietsch).