circum-sĕco, no perf., sectum āre, v. a.,
I to cut or pare around : radices vitium, Cato R. R. 114, 1: ungulas, Col. 6, 6, 4: tuberculum ferro, id. 7, 5, 13: aliquid serrulā, to saw around , * Cic. Clu. 64, 180: circumsecta aluta, Scrib. Comp. 229.—*
II To circumcise , of the Jews (usu. circumcido), Suet. Dom. 12.