circum-lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I Aliquid alicui rei, to bind something to something : natam mediae circumligat hastae, * Verg. A. 11, 555: spongias hydropicis, Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 128.—More freq.,
II Aliquid aliquā re, to bind something with something , to encompass , surround : stirpem salice, Cato R. R. 40, 2: ferrum stuppā, Liv. 21, 8, 10: totas (radices) caespite, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 86; Roscius circumligatus angui, * Cic. Div. 2, 31, 66; Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 29. —More generally: globum undis, to surround , Sil. 14, 347: aliquem umbrā, Stat. Th. 8, 675.