decircino

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Δελφῖνα νήχεσθαι διδάσκεις: ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν ἐκείνοις τινὰ παιδοτριβούντων, ἐν οἷς ἤσκηται → Teaching dolphins to swim: is applied to those who are teaching something among people who are already well versed in it

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dē-circĭno: āre,
I v. a., to make of a circular form, to round off (only in Manil.): arcum, Manil. 1, 296: orbem, id. 3, 352.