circumretio
Latin
Etymology
From circum (“around”) + rēte (“net”) + -iō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɪr.kʊmˈreː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃir.kumˈrɛt̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Verb
circumrētiō (present infinitive circumrētīre, perfect active circumrētīvī, supine circumrētītum); fourth conjugation
- to ensnare (surround with a net)
Conjugation
Conjugation of circumrētiō (fourth conjugation)
References
- “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.