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|lshtext=<b>circŭĭtĭo</b>: (circŭmĭtĭo, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40; 2, 61, 127; Liv. 3, 6, 9; Front. de Or. 3; Amm. 24, 2, 2), ōnis, f. [[circumeo]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[going]] [[round]]; in milit. lang., the rounds: [[circuitio]] ac [[cura]] (vigiliarum) aedilium plebei erat. Liv. 3, 6, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[circuit]]: muni [[mentum]] fluminis circumitione vallatum, Amm 24, 2, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., a [[circuitous]] [[mode]], a [[circumlocution]]. ita aperte ipsam rem [[modo]] [[locutus]], nil circuitione [[usus]] es, Ter. And. 1, 2, 31: [[quid]] [[opus]] est circumitione et anfractu? Cic. Div. 2, 61, 127, cf. Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43: [[Epicurus]] circuitione quādam (in an [[indirect]] [[manner]]) deos tollens, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]]. (abstr. pro concr.), a [[place]] for [[going]] [[round]] [[something]], a [[way]], [[passage]], [[corridor]], Vitr. 4, 4; 6, 3; 10, 19.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[circumference]], [[compass]], Vitr. 1, 5; 2, 10.