circumplector

circum-plector, plexus, 3,

• v. dep. a., to clasp around, embrace, to surround, encompass (class. in prose and poetry): conjunctiones motu undique, Cic. Univ. 7 fin.: domini patrimonium quasi thesaurum draco, id. Phil. 13, 5, 12: arborem, Plin. 19, 4, 22, § 63; 13, 10, 19, § 65: pharetram auro, Verg. A. 5, 312: collem opere, to circumvallate, Caes. B. G. 7, 83: oppidum tragulis, Auct. B. Hisp. 32; Suet. Tib. 6: statuam pennis, of the eagle, id. Dom. 6; Stat. S. 1, 5, 44.—
• II Trop.: animum, imago quaedam... circumplectitur, Gell. 10, 3, 8.

circumplector, plexus sum, plectī (circum u. plecto), umfassen, übtr. = umschlingen, umgeben, domini patrimonium circumplexus quasi thesaurum draco, Cic.: eas (coniunctiones) undique, zusammenfassen, -halten, Cic. – collem opere, umschanzen, Caes.: flamma omnem comitatum circumplexa, Suet. – ➳ Archaist. aktive Nbf. circumplecto, meum collum circumplecte, Plaut. asin. 696: foramina ubi feceris, laminis circumplectito, Cato r. r. 21, 2: cum (turris) ex omni latere circumplexa foret, umringt würde, Gell. 15, 1, 6.

circumplector, (14) exus sum, ectī, tr., ¶ 1 embrasser : arbor quam circumplecti nemo possit Plin. 19, 63, arbre que personne ne pourrait embrasser, cf. Cic. Phil. 13, 12 ¶ 2 ceindre, entourer : collem opere circumplecti Cæs. G. 7, 83, entourer la colline dʼune ligne dʼinvestissement ¶ 3 [fig.] saisir, étreindre (lʼesprit) : animum meum imago quædam circumplectitur Gell. 10, 3, 8, une véritable vision frappe mon esprit.

circumplector , eris, exus sum, ecti. d. 3.
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circumplector —, ī, dep.

• circum + plecto, to clasp, embrace, surround, encompass: coniunctiones motu undique: domini patrimonium: pharetram auro, V.: (collem) opere, Cs.