circumago
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From circum- (“circum-”) agō (“I do, make”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kirˈku.ma.ɡoː/, [kɪrˈkʊmäɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃirˈku.ma.ɡo/, [t͡ʃirˈkuːmäɡo]
Verb
[edit]circumagō (present infinitive circumagere, perfect active circumēgī, supine circumāctum); third conjugation
- to drive or turn in a circle; to turn round
- 234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 141.1:
- Agrum lustrare sic oportet. Impera suovitaurilia circumagi: […]
- It is necessary to purify the field like this. Order the suovetaurilia to be brought around [the field]: […]
- Agrum lustrare sic oportet. Impera suovitaurilia circumagi: […]
- to turn a wheel
Conjugation
[edit]References
[edit]- “circumago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circumago”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circumago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.