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circumfundo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From circum- +‎ fundō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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circumfundō (present infinitive circumfundere, perfect active circumfūdī, supine circumfūsum); third conjugation

  1. to pour out or round; to surround with liquid
  2. to crowd around
  3. to overwhelm

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Italian: circonfondere

References

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  • circumfundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • circumfundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • circumfundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a crowd throngs around some one: multitudo circumfunditur alicui