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circumvallo

circumvallo, to surround with a wall, circumvallate, blockade, invest, encompass

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circumuallata Verb: perfect passive participle neuter accusative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle feminine ablative singular, Verb: perfect passive participle feminine nominative singular, Verb: perfect passive participle neuter vocative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle feminine vocative singular, Verb: perfect passive participle neuter nominative plural of circumvallo

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circum-vallo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
  • to surround with a wall, to circumvallate; in milit. lang., to blockade, invest, encompass in a hostile manner (class., esp. in the histt.): circumvallare loci natura prohibebat, Caes. B. G. 7, 17; 7, 11; id. B. C. 3, 43; Liv. 10, 35, 12 and 15; 28, 3, 4, and in part. perf. pass. Caes. B. G. 7, 44 fin.; Cic. Att. 9, 12, 1; Liv. 43, 19, 9.—
    • B Trop.: tot res repente circumvallant, beset, beleaguer, Ter. Ad. 302.—
  • II In gen., to surround, encompass: locum duobus sulcis, Col. 11, 3, 4; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 11: insula fluctisono circumvallata profundo, Sil. 12, 358.

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