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circum -fŏrānĕus , a, um, adj. forum. *
I. Of or around the forum or market-place: aes, debts due in the forum (because the bankers' shops were at the forum), Cic. Att. 2, 1, 11.—More freq.,
II. Strolling about from market to market, that attends markets: “pharmacopola,” Cic. Clu. 14, 40: lanista, * Suet. Vit. 12: “medicabulum,” App. M. 9, p. 218, 41.—
B. In gen., that is carried about, ambulatory, movable: domus, App. M. 4, p. 148, 29: hostiae, which are carried about for expiation (cf. circumfero, II. C.), App. M. 3, p. 130, 5.
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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