circumluvio

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

circum-lŭvĭo, ōnis, f.; and cir-cumlŭvĭum, ii, n. [luo],

the accumulation of land by alluvion around a piece of land , alluvial land : jura circumluvionum, the right of using such land , Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173.—Form circumluvium, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 14 Müll., and Isid. Orig. 14, 8, 12.

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