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circum-fundō fūdī, fūsus, ere,

to pour around: mare circumfusum urbi, flowing around, L.: gens circumfusis invia fluminibus, O.: circumfuso in aere, circumambient, O.: circumfusa nubes, V.— To surround, encompass, cover, envelop: terram circumfundit aër: (mortuum) cerā, N.: terra circumfusa mari, encompassed by.—In tmesis: circum dea fudit amictu, V.—Pass. or reflex., of a throng, to press, crowd around, throng, surround, cling: a tergo se, L.: circumfunduntur hostes, Cs.: equites ab lateribus circumfusi, L.: hostes undique circumfusi erant, S.: (Nymphae) circumfusae Dianam Corporibus texere suis, surrounding, O.: circumfusa turba lateri meo, L.: circumfundit eques (sc. se), Ta. — Poet.: iuveni circumfunditur, i. e. clings to him, O.—Fig.: undique circumfusae molestiae: periculum, ab circumfusis undique voluptatibus, L. — To enclose, environ, surround, overwhelm: circumfusus praesidiorum copiis: circumfusus hostium concursu, N. — Fig.: circumfusi caligine.

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