circumeo Latin · revision 9445

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁ey-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɪrˈkʊ.me.oː], [kɪrˈkʊm.e.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [t͡ʃirˈkuː.me.o], [t͡ʃirˈkum.e.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

+ Also ''circueō''; supine ''circumitum'' or ''circuitum'', and Plautus has the passive infinitive ''circumīrier''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[circum]] “around” and [[eō]] “to go”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨eō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*h₁ey-|t=to go]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of going the rounds.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to go round, make the circuit of, as in Caesar; to coil round, as in Celsus; to skirt, make a detour, as in Caesar; to surround, crowd round a person, as in Cicero; to encircle with something, as in Ovid; to visit one after another, go the round of, as in Plautus; and to enumerate one after another, as in Varro.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of enumerating.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of going round.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To go round, make the [[m|en|circuit]] of.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To skirt; to make a [[m|en|detour]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To surround, encircle.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To go the round of, visit one after another.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To enumerate.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[circumitiō]]

+ * [[circumitor]]

+ * [[circumitus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[eō]]

+ * [[ambiō]]

+ * [[circuitus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}