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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>circum-rōdo</b>: di, 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[gnaw]] or [[nibble]] all [[round]].<br /><b>I</b> Prop.: escam, Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 12.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: [[dudum]] [[enim]] [[circumrodo]], [[quod]] devorandum est, i. e. I [[have]] [[long]] hesitated to [[speak]] [[out]], * Cic. Att. 4, 5, 1: qui Dente Theonino cum circumroditur, i. e. is slandered, calumniated, * Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 82.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>circumrōdō</b>,¹⁶ sī, sum, ĕre, tr., ronger autour : Plin. 35, 12 &#124;&#124; [fig.] [[circumrodo]] [[quod]] devorandum [[est]] Cic. Att. 4, 5, 1, je grignote ce qu’il faudrait avaler [= je tergiverse] ; dente Theonino circumroditur Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 82, il [[est]] déchiré par la dent [[maligne]] de Théon.|
|[fig.] [[circumrodo]] [[quod]] devorandum [[est]] Cic. Att. 4, 5, 1, je grignote ce qu’il faudrait avaler [=je tergiverse] ; dente Theonino circumroditur Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 82, il [[est]] déchiré par la dent [[maligne]] de Théon.
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{{Georges
|georg=[[circum]]-rōdo, rōsi, ere, [[ringsum]] [[benagen]], escam, Plin. 32, 12. – übtr., [[dudum]] [[enim]] [[circumrodo]], [[quod]] devorandum est, [[ich]] kaue [[schon]] [[lange]] an dem [[herum]], [[was]] herauszusagen [[ich]] mich [[endlich]] [[überwinden]] muß, Cic. ad Att. 4, 5 in.: [[qui]] dente Theonino cum circumroditur, vom [[Zahn]] [[des]] [[Theon]] benagt (= [[von]] [[Theon]] geschmäht) wird, Hor. ep. 1, 18, 82.
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