circumvecto
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɪr.kʊmˈwɛk.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃir.kumˈvɛk.t̪o]
Etymology 1
Verb
circumvectō (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
Conjugation of circumvectō (first conjugation)
Etymology 2
Participle
circumvectō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of circumvectus
References
- “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.