to place around, cause to surround, set around: moenibus ignes circumdatosque restinximus: exercitum hostium castris, L.: lectis aulaea purpura, Cu.: collo dare bracchia circum, V.: obsessum te dicis, sarmenta circumdata: custodias: armata circumdatur R. legio, L.: exercitu circumdato, S.: turrīs toto opere circumdedit, Cs.: cancelli, quos mihi ipse circumdedi: maiora vincula vobis quam captivis, L.: egregiam famam paci circumdedit, i. e. conferred, Ta.—To surround, encompass, enclose, encircle: portum moenibus, N.: regio insulis circumdata: canibus saltūs, V.: domum spatio, Ta.: (aurum) circumdatum argento: stola circumdata pallā, H.: circumdata corpus amictu, O.: chlamydem circumdata limbo, V.—Esp., in war, to surround, encompass, invest, besiege: castris oppidum, Cs.: vallo atque fossā moenia, S.: oppidum coronā, L.: exiguis finibus oratoris munus, have circumscribed.
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