circumluo

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

circum-lŭo, ĕre, v. a.,

to flow around or wash upon (rare): Rhenus tergum ac latera circumluit, Tac. H. 4, 12: pars arcis circumluitur mari, Liv. 25, 11, 1: litora subit et circumluit pelagus, Mel. prooem. 2: (Aegeum) mare laevā Imbrum et Tenedum circumluens, Amm. 22, 8, 2.

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