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circum-fĕro , tŭli, lātum, ferre,
I.v. a. to bear round, or, in gen., to move or carry round or about (class. in prose and poetry).
II. Trop. (mostly in the poets and histt.), to spread around: “bellum,Liv. 9, 41, 6; 9, 45, 17; 10, 17, 2; 28, 3, 1; Tac. A. 13, 37 (for which: “spargere bellum,id. ib. 3, 21): “belli umbram,Sil. 15, 316: “et circumferentem arma Scipionem omnibus finitimis raptim perdomitis ipsam Carthaginem repente adgressurum credebant,Liv. 30, 9, 3; Flor. 1, pr. 2; “3, 12, 1: signa,id. 3, 5, 29: “incendia et caedes et terrorem,Tac. A. 2, 52; cf.: “terrorem nominis sui late,Flor. 2, 2, 21: “Caesar circumferens terrarum orbi praesentia pacis suae bona,Vell. 2, 92, 2; Plin. Pan. 7, 5.—
B. Of a narrative or discourse, to publish abroad, proclaim, divulge, disseminate among the people, report (prob. nct ante-Aug.): “ut circumferetur M. Philippi factum atque dictum,Col. 8, 16, 3; Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 1; 6, 8, 2: “illud quidem ingens fama, haec nulla circumfert,id. ib. 3, 16, 13.—With acc. and inf.: “novi aliquam, quae se circumferat esse Corinnam,Ov. Am. 2, 17, 29. —Hence, of writings: “circumferri,to be widely circulated, Quint. 2, 13, 15; 2, 15, 4. —
C. In the lang. of religion, to lustrate, purify any one by carrying around him consecrated objects (torches, offerings, etc.) = lustrare, purgare: “quaeso quin tu istanc jubes Pro cerritā circumferri?Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 144: aliquem pro larvato, id. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 229: tum ferto omnia sum circumlatus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 261, 27: idem ter socios purā circumtulit undā, carried around pure water, i. e. for purification (poet. constr. for undam circum socios), Verg. A. 6, 229 Serv. and Wagn.; Veg. 3, 74.—*
D. In rhetoric: “oratio deducta et circumlata,expanded, drawn out into periods, Quint. 4, 1, 60 Spald.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (38):
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.104
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 17.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 45
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.241
    • Plautus, Persa, 5.2
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 10.887
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.229
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.558
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 90
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6.169
    • Tacitus, Annales, 13.37
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.52
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 2.2
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.45
    • Suetonius, Galba, 22
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 46
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 85
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.16
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 6.8
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 3.11.1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 30, 9.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 41
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 41.4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 30
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 10.8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 13.18
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 10.19
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 13.15
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 15.4
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 15.8
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 1.60
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 22
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.16.3
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 5.12.2
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 6.11.36
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 6.1.4
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 7.4.7
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 7.2
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