circumlavo

circum-lăvo, āre and ĕre,

• v a., lit. to wash around, hence, of waters, to overflow all around (only in the foll. exs.): Aegyptus, quam Nilus circumlavat, Hyg. Fab. 275: insula superjactis fluctibus circumlavitur, Sall. ap Non. p. 504, 1 (id. H. 2, 83 Dietsch).

circum-lavo, āre u. ere, rings umwaschen, dah. v. Gewässern, ringsum bespülen, Aegyptus, quam Nilus circumlavat, Hyg. fab. 276: dubium, an insula sit, quod euri atque Africi superiactis fluctibus circumlavitur, Sall. hist. fr. 2, 83 (81).

circumlăvō, āre, et ĕre, tr., baigner : Ægyptus quam Nilus circumlavat Hyg. Fab. 276, lʼÉgypte baignée par le Nil ; quod fluctibus circumlavitur Sall. d. Non. 10, 2, qui est baigné par les flots.