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circumduco
circumduco
Latin
Verb
circumdūcō (present infinitive circumdūcere, perfect active circumdūxī, supine circumductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative
- I lead or draw around; show around.
- (figuratively) I deceive, cheat, impose upon, mislead.
- (figuratively) I prolong, speak in a roundabout manner.
- (figuratively, of a sound) I drawl out.
- (figuratively, law) I draw a line around a law; cancel, annul, abrogate.
Inflection
Derived terms
- circumductiō
- circumductor
- circumductum
- circumductus
Related terms
Descendants
- Italian: circondurre
References
- circumduco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- circumduco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “circumduco”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- circumduco in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016