circumeo

Latin

Alternative forms

• circueō

Etymology

From circum- (“circum-”) +‎ eō (“I go”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kirˈku.me.oː/, [kɪrˈkʊmeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃirˈku.me.o/, [t͡ʃirˈkuːmeo]

Verb

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

1. to go, travel or march around; to circulate

   Synonym: circumagō

2. to skirt
3. to surround, encircle, enclose or encompass
4. to circle

   Synonyms: circumveniō, circumsistō, circumdō, claudō, obsideō, circumsaepiō, saepiō

Conjugation

Conjugation of circumeō (irregular)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumeō	circumīs	circumit	circumīmus	circumītis	circumeunt
	imperfect	circumībam	circumībās	circumībat	circumībāmus	circumībātis	circumībant
	future	circumībō	circumībis	circumībit	circumībimus	circumībitis	circumībunt
	perfect	circumiī, circumīvī	circumīstī, circumīvistī	circumiit, circumīvit	circumiimus	circumīstis	circumiērunt, circumiēre
	pluperfect	circumieram	circumierās	circumierat	circumierāmus	circumierātis	circumierant
	future perfect	circumierō	circumieris	circumierit	circumierimus	circumieritis	circumierint
passive	present	circumeor	circumīris, circumīre	circumītur	circumīmur	circumīminī	circumeuntur
	imperfect	circumībar	circumībāris, circumībāre	circumībātur	circumībāmur	circumībāminī	circumībantur
	future	circumībor	circumīberis, circumībere	circumībitur	circumībimur	circumībiminī	circumībuntur
	perfect	circumitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	circumitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	circumitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumeam	circumeās	circumeat	circumeāmus	circumeātis	circumeant
	imperfect	circumīrem	circumīrēs	circumīret	circumīrēmus	circumīrētis	circumīrent
	perfect	circumierim	circumierīs	circumierit	circumierīmus	circumierītis	circumierint
	pluperfect	circumīssem	circumīssēs	circumīsset	circumīssēmus	circumīssētis	circumīssent
passive	present	circumear	circumeāris, circumeāre	circumeātur	circumeāmur	circumeāminī	circumeantur
	imperfect	circumīrer	circumīrēris, circumīrēre	circumīrētur	circumīrēmur	circumīrēminī	circumīrentur
	perfect	circumitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	circumitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	circumī	—	—	circumīte	—
	future	—	circumītō	circumītō	—	circumītōte	circumeuntō
passive	present	—	circumīre	—	—	circumīminī	—
	future	—	circumītor	circumītor	—	—	circumeuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		circumīre	circumīsse	circumitūrum esse	circumīrī, circumīrier1	circumitum esse	circumitum īrī
participles		circumiēns	—	circumitūrus	—	circumitus	circumeundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		circumeundī	circumeundō	circumeundum	circumeundō	circumitum	circumitū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

References

• “circumeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “circumeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circumeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.