circumverto

circum-verto or circum verto (-vorto), ĕre, v. a.,

• to turn around (rare; not in Cic.): citius quam rotula circumvortitur, Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 39 (443); cf.: rota circumvertitur axem, turns or is turned around on its axis, Ov. M. 15, 522 (Merkel, circumvolvitur): ubi circumvortor, cado, turn myself around, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 32 (1277); cf.: circumvertens se, turning one’s self to the right side, * Suet. Vit. 2; v. the commentt. in h. l.: mancipium, to declare free, Quint. Decl. 342; v. circumago, I. B. (in Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 127 (541), perh. a false reading for intervortant, which Fleck. adopts; cf. Lorenz ad loc.).

circum-verto (vorto), vertī (vortī), versum (vorsum), ere, I) umwenden, umdrehen, circumvertens se, sich nach der rechten Seite bewegend, Suet. Vit. 2, 5: c. mancipium, für frei erklären (vgl. circumago no. I, A zu circumagi), Ps. Quint. decl. 342; vgl. Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 3147. – Medial, circumverti, sich herumdrehen, circumvortor, cado, Plaut. Pseud. 1278^a: citius... quam in cursu rotula circumvortitur, Plaut. Pers. 443: m. griech. Acc., rota, perpetuum quā circumvertitur axem, Ov. met. 15, 522 R. – II) übtr., jmd. um etw. betrügen, prellen, qui me argento circumvortant, Plaut. Pseud. 541 (Götz intervortant).

circumvertō (16) (-vortō), tī, sum, ĕre, tr., faire tourner : circumvertens se Suet. Vitell. 2, 5, en se tournant de côté ; ubi circumvortor Pl. Ps. 1278, en me retournant || [en part.] circumvertere mancipium Ps. Quint. Decl. min. 342, 6, affranchir un esclave [le faire pivoter sur lui-même], v. circumago || [fig.] duper, tromper : circumvertere aliquem argento Pl. Ps. 541, escroquer de lʼargent à quelquʼun.

circumverto , is, erti, ersum, ertere. 3. (verto.)
轉之。— eum argento (abl.) 騙其銀。

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circum-vertō —, —, ere,

• to turn around, revolve on: rota circumvertitur axem, O.