circumseco

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

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.

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