circumvecto
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kir.kumˈu̯ek.toː/, [kɪrkʊmˈu̯ɛkt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈvek.to/, [t͡ʃirkumˈvɛkt̪o]
Etymology 1
editVerb
editcircumvectō (present infinitive circumvectāre, perfect active circumvectāvī, supine circumvectātum); first conjugation
- to carry, bear, convey around
- c. 29 bc, Publius Vergilius Maro, Georgicon, III.285
- fvgit inreparabile tempvs
singvla dvm capti circvmvectamvr amore- Irretrievable time flies away while, in thrall to love, we are carried about from one thing to another.
- fvgit inreparabile tempvs
- c. 29 bc, Publius Vergilius Maro, Georgicon, III.285
Conjugation
editEtymology 2
editParticiple
editcircumvectō
References
edit- “circumvecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- circumvecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.