circumago Latin · revision 32234

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=ine-pro *h₂eǵ-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kɪrˈkʊ.ma.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [t͡ʃirˈkuː.ma.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''circumagō''' (present infinitive circumagere, perfect active circumēgī, supine circumāctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''circuagō''.^(OLD 2012)

+ Lucretius and Virgil split it by tmesis.^(TLL)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|circum-|agō|t1=around|t2=to drive, lead]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|agō]] to [[itc-pro|*ag-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-e/o-|t=to drive, lead]].^(de Vaan 2008)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first example is Cato's prayer for the purification of a farm, where the sacrificial pig, sheep and bull are driven round the land.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to drive or lead round, and to take by a roundabout way, as Horace's “there is no need for you to go round about”.^(OLD 2012) Varro uses it of a furrow drawn round a site.^(OLD 2012) It is also to make something move in a circle, as Vitruvius' rotation of the heavens, and in the passive of seasons coming round in a year, as Livy's solar year.^(OLD 2012) It means to turn round or revolve, and figuratively to throw into turmoil, as Petronius' man upset as if by a troubled dream; also to bend round, and to turn persons or things in another direction, as Livy's horsemen turning their horses with the reins.^(OLD 2012) Pliny the Elder notes a grape that turns with the sun.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that it is most frequent from the Augustan period and absent from Cicero and Quintilian.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of driving sacrificial animals round a farm.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of a furrow drawn round a site.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of going a roundabout way.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of the year coming round and of turning horses.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of a grape that turns with the sun.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To drive or lead round; to take by a roundabout route.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To make move in a circle; in the passive, of seasons, to come round.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To turn round, [[m|en|revolve]]; figuratively, to throw into a [[m|en|turmoil]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To bend round, make round.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To turn in another direction; in the passive, to turn round or back.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[circumactiō]]

+ * [[circumactus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[circum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}