6.4 around and middle

circum, circā Ac, around

circum, circā, adv., around

circumiectus, surrounding

circumscrībere, enclose (in a circle); circumscrīptiō, circle, outline

cingere, circumplectī, surround; gladiō cingitur, he girds on his sword 

circumsistere, circumstāre, stand round 

circumīre, go, march around; noun circuitus

circumclūdere, circumvenīre, surround, encompass

circumvehī, ride or sail round; noun circumvectiō

circumequitāre, ride round

circumdare, place round, surround; c.bracchia collō, embrace 

circumdūcere, lead around 

circumagere, drive round

circumferre, carry round

circumicere, throw round; noun circumiectus

circumfundere, pour round

circumflāre, blow round

ambīre, go round, surround; noun ambitus

circumfluere, flow round

circumspicere, circumspectāre, look round; noun circumspectus 

q.v. in, 5.2

q.v. circle etc. in 12.1

medius, middle; in mediō mundō, in the centre of the universe; media pars, centre

from A Handbook of the Latin Language by Walter Ripman (1930). Transcribed by Carolus Raeticus (2011).

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