circumretio
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From circum (“around”) + rēte (“net”) + -iō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kir.kumˈreː.ti.oː/, [kɪrkʊmˈreːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈret.t͡si.o/, [t͡ʃirkumˈrɛt̪ː͡s̪io]
Verb
[edit]circumrētiō (present infinitive circumrētīre, perfect active circumrētīvī, supine circumrētītum); fourth conjugation
- to ensnare (surround with a net)
Conjugation
[edit]References
[edit]- “circumretio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- circumretio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.