circumfusus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of circumfundō.

Participle

circumfūsus (feminine circumfūsa, neuter circumfūsum); first/second-declension participle

1. surrounded (with fluid)
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.10–14:

     Nūllus adhūc mundō praebēbat lūmina Tītān,
     nec nova crēscendō reparābat cornua Phoebē,
     nec circumfūsō pendēbat in āere tellūs
     ponderibus lībrāta suīs, nec bracchia longō
     margine terrārum porrēxerat Amphītrītē; […]

     No Titan [Sun] as yet provided light to the world, nor did Phoebe [the Moon] repair new horns in waxing, nor did the Earth hang in the surrounding air, balanced by its own weights, nor had Amphitrite [the sea] stretched her arms down the far borders of the lands; […]

2. crowded around
3. overwhelmed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	circumfūsus	circumfūsa	circumfūsum		circumfūsī	circumfūsae	circumfūsa
Genitive	circumfūsī	circumfūsae	circumfūsī		circumfūsōrum	circumfūsārum	circumfūsōrum
Dative	circumfūsō		circumfūsō		circumfūsīs
Accusative	circumfūsum	circumfūsam	circumfūsum		circumfūsōs	circumfūsās	circumfūsa
Ablative	circumfūsō	circumfūsā	circumfūsō		circumfūsīs
Vocative	circumfūse	circumfūsa	circumfūsum		circumfūsī	circumfūsae	circumfūsa

References

• “circumfusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• circumfusus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the atmosphere: aer terrae circumiectus or circumfusus