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circumforaneus

circumforaneus, around the forum, about the market - place

circum -fŏrānĕus, a, um, adj. [forum]. *
  • 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, Ap. Met. 9, 4, 13.—
    • B In gen., that is carried about, ambulatory, movable: domus, Ap. Met. 4, 13, 14; hostiae, which are carried about for expiation (cf. circumfero, II. C.), Ap. Met. 3, 2, 15.

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