circumductio
From LSJ
Δοὺς τῇ τύχῃ τὸ μικρὸν ἐκλήψῃ μέγα → Dans parva sorti recipies, quae magna sunt → Es zahlt das Glück dir kleinen Einsatz groß zurück
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
circumductĭo: ōnis, f. circumduco.
I A leading or conducting around: aquarum, Vitr. 8, 6, 5 sq.: sphaerae, the circumference, Hyg. Astr. 1, 2; of a person, Cod. Th. 4, 8, 1.—
II Trop. *
A A cheating, defrauding: argenti, Plaut. Capt. Caterv. 3. —
B The expansion of a thought, a period, only in Quint. 11, 3, 39; 9, 4, 118.
