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circumseco

circumseco, to cut around

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circumsecari Verb: present passive infinitive of circumseco

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circum-sĕco, no perf., sectum āre, v. a.,
  • to cut or pare around: radices vitium, Cato R. R. 114, 1: ungulas, Col. 6, 6, 4: tuberculum ferro, id. 7, 5, 13: aliquid serrulā, to saw around, * Cic. Clu. 64, 180: circumsecta aluta, Scrib. Comp. 229.—*
  • II To circumcise, of the Jews (usu. circumcido), Suet. Dom. 12.

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