I.to wall up around, to fortify, secure (freq. in the histt., elsewhere rare; but in MSS. constantly confounded with circumvenire; cf. Oud. ad Caes. B. C. 1, 18; 1, 81; 1, 84; 2, 16; 3, 97; Schneid. ad Col. 5, 9, 11; 5, 10, 1): “plantas caveis,” Col. 5, 9, 11: oppidum, Auct. B. Afr. 79: “Thapsum operibus,” id. ib. 80; cf. “Auct. B. Hisp. 38: aliquos ut feras,” Caes. B. C. 1, 84: “(hostes) vallo fossāque,” id. ib. 1, 80: “crebris castellis circummuniti,” id. B. G. 2, 30; Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 4.—Absol., Auct. B. Hisp. 34 fin.
circum -mūnĭo (old orthog. cir-cummoenĭo , Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 4), īvi, ītum, 4, v. a.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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