circumeo

Latin

Alternative forms

• circueō

Etymology

From circum- (“circum-”) +‎ eō (“I go”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kirˈku.me.oː/, [kɪrˈkʊmeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃirˈku.me.o/, [t͡ʃirˈkuːmeo]

Verb

circumeō (present infinitive circumīre, perfect active circumiī or circumīvī, supine circumitum); irregular conjugation

1. to go, travel or march around; to circulate

   Synonym: circumagō

2. to skirt
3. to surround, encircle, enclose or encompass
4. to circle

   Synonyms: circumveniō, circumsistō, circumdō, claudō, obsideō, circumsaepiō, saepiō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of circumeō (irregular conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	circumeō		circumīs		circumit		circumīmus		circumītis		circumeunt
	imperfect	circumībam		circumībās		circumībat		circumībāmus		circumībātis		circumībant
	future	circumībō		circumībis		circumībit		circumībimus		circumībitis		circumībunt
	perfect	circumiī, circumīvī		circumīstī, circumīvistī		circumiit, circumīvit		circumiimus		circumīstis		circumiēre, circumiērunt
	pluperfect	circumieram		circumierās		circumierat		circumierāmus		circumierātis		circumierant
	future perfect	circumierō		circumieris		circumierit		circumierimus		circumieritis		circumierint
passive	present	circumeor		circumīre, circumīris		circumītur		circumīmur		circumīminī		circumeuntur
	imperfect	circumībar		circumībāre, circumībāris		circumībātur		circumībāmur		circumībāminī		circumībantur
	future	circumībor		circumībere, circumīberis		circumībitur		circumībimur		circumībiminī		circumībuntur
	perfect	circumitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	circumitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	circumitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	circumeam		circumeās		circumeat		circumeāmus		circumeātis		circumeant
	imperfect	circumīrem		circumīrēs		circumīret		circumīrēmus		circumīrētis		circumīrent
	perfect	circumierim		circumierīs		circumierit		circumierīmus		circumierītis		circumierint
	pluperfect	circumīssem		circumīssēs		circumīsset		circumīssēmus		circumīssētis		circumīssent
passive	present	circumear		circumeāre, circumeāris		circumeātur		circumeāmur		circumeāminī		circumeantur
	imperfect	circumīrer		circumīrēre, circumīrēris		circumīrētur		circumīrēmur		circumīrēminī		circumīrentur
	perfect	circumitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	circumitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		circumī		—		—		circumīte		—
	future	—		circumītō		circumītō		—		circumītōte		circumeuntō
passive	present	—		circumīre		—		—		circumīminī		—
	future	—		circumītor		circumītor		—		—		circumeuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		circumīre			circumīrī, circumīrier1			circumiēns			—
future		circumitūrum esse			circumitum īrī			circumitūrus			circumeundus
perfect		circumīsse			circumitum esse			—			circumitus
future perfect		—			circumitum fore			—			—
perfect potential		circumitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		circumeundī		circumeundō		circumeundum		circumeundō		circumitum		circumitū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

References

• “circumeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “circumeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circumeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.