circumscribo

Latin

Etymology

From circum- +‎ scrībō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kumˈskriː.boː/, [kɪrkũːˈs̠kriːboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈskri.bo/, [t͡ʃirkumˈskriːbo]

Verb

circumscrībō (present infinitive circumscrībere, perfect active circumscrīpsī, supine circumscrīptum); third conjugation

1. to draw a line around, enclose in a circle, circumscribe
2. to enclose, limit, bound, restrain, hem in
3. (medicine) to abate, subside
4. to deceive, cheat, circumvent, entrap, ensnare
5. to defraud, deprive of money
6. to declare invalid, annul, invalidate, void

Conjugation

   Conjugation of circumscrībō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumscrībō	circumscrībis	circumscrībit	circumscrībimus	circumscrībitis	circumscrībunt
	imperfect	circumscrībēbam	circumscrībēbās	circumscrībēbat	circumscrībēbāmus	circumscrībēbātis	circumscrībēbant
	future	circumscrībam	circumscrībēs	circumscrībet	circumscrībēmus	circumscrībētis	circumscrībent
	perfect	circumscrīpsī	circumscrīpsistī	circumscrīpsit	circumscrīpsimus	circumscrīpsistis	circumscrīpsērunt, circumscrīpsēre
	pluperfect	circumscrīpseram	circumscrīpserās	circumscrīpserat	circumscrīpserāmus	circumscrīpserātis	circumscrīpserant
	future perfect	circumscrīpserō	circumscrīpseris	circumscrīpserit	circumscrīpserimus	circumscrīpseritis	circumscrīpserint
passive	present	circumscrībor	circumscrīberis, circumscrībere	circumscrībitur	circumscrībimur	circumscrībiminī	circumscrībuntur
	imperfect	circumscrībēbar	circumscrībēbāris, circumscrībēbāre	circumscrībēbātur	circumscrībēbāmur	circumscrībēbāminī	circumscrībēbantur
	future	circumscrībar	circumscrībēris, circumscrībēre	circumscrībētur	circumscrībēmur	circumscrībēminī	circumscrībentur
	perfect	circumscrīptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	circumscrīptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	circumscrīptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumscrībam	circumscrībās	circumscrībat	circumscrībāmus	circumscrībātis	circumscrībant
	imperfect	circumscrīberem	circumscrīberēs	circumscrīberet	circumscrīberēmus	circumscrīberētis	circumscrīberent
	perfect	circumscrīpserim	circumscrīpserīs	circumscrīpserit	circumscrīpserīmus	circumscrīpserītis	circumscrīpserint
	pluperfect	circumscrīpsissem	circumscrīpsissēs	circumscrīpsisset	circumscrīpsissēmus	circumscrīpsissētis	circumscrīpsissent
passive	present	circumscrībar	circumscrībāris, circumscrībāre	circumscrībātur	circumscrībāmur	circumscrībāminī	circumscrībantur
	imperfect	circumscrīberer	circumscrīberēris, circumscrīberēre	circumscrīberētur	circumscrīberēmur	circumscrīberēminī	circumscrīberentur
	perfect	circumscrīptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	circumscrīptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	circumscrībe	—	—	circumscrībite	—
	future	—	circumscrībitō	circumscrībitō	—	circumscrībitōte	circumscrībuntō
passive	present	—	circumscrībere	—	—	circumscrībiminī	—
	future	—	circumscrībitor	circumscrībitor	—	—	circumscrībuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		circumscrībere	circumscrīpsisse	circumscrīptūrum esse	circumscrībī	circumscrīptum esse	circumscrīptum īrī
participles		circumscrībēns	—	circumscrīptūrus	—	circumscrīptus	circumscrībendus, circumscrībundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		circumscrībendī	circumscrībendō	circumscrībendum	circumscrībendō	circumscrīptum	circumscrīptū

Derived terms

• circumscrīptē
• circumscrīptiō
• circumscrīptor
• circumscrīptus

Descendants

• Catalan: circumscriure
• English: circumscribe
• French: circonscrire
• Galician: circunscribir
• Italian: circoscrivere
• Portuguese: circunscrever
• Romanian: circumscrie
• Spanish: circunscribir

References

• “circumscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “circumscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circumscribo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to set bounds to a thing, limit it: terminis circumscribere aliquid