circum-eo or circueo īvī or iī, circumitus or circuitus, īre,
to go around, travel around, march around: flagrantīs aras, O.: fores, N.: urbem, L.: manibus trunci modum, to surround, O.: circumitis hostium castris, Cs.: unum, surround, O.: oleis pacalibus oras, encircles, O.: quā re circumirent, make a circuit, N.—To go around, visit, inspect: praedia: sancios, Ta.: vigilias, S. — In war, to surround, encircle, enclose, encompass: urbem muro circumiri, Cs.: multitudine circumiri, N.: ab iisdem acies a sinistrā parte erat circumita, Cs. —To go around, canvass: aciem, solicit, Cs.: ordines, Cs.: senatum, L.: veteranos, ut, etc.: circumibat docebatque, L. — Fig., to surround, encompass, encircle, enclose: totius belli fluctibus circumiri: ne superante numero circumiretur, Ta. —To deceive, impose upon, cheat, circumvent: Sic circumiri, T.
