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|lshtext=<b>circum-vĕnĭo</b>: vēni, ventum, 4, v. a., lit.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[come]] [[around]] [[something]]; [[hence]] (the [[coming]] [[being]] considered as [[accomplished]]; cf. [[advenio]] and [[adventus]], II.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to be [[around]] (a [[thing]]), to [[encircle]], [[encompass]], [[surround]] ([[rare]]): quibus succensis circumventi flammā exanimantur homines, Caes. B. G. 6, 16; cf.: [[donec]] ignium jactu circumveniretur, Tac. A. 15, 11; 15, 38: illum [[frequentia]] [[ingens]] circumvenit cum plausu, Petr. 92, 8: Cocytos sinu labens circumvenit atro, * Verg. A. 6, 132: omnium operum magnitudinem circumveniunt cavernae ingentes, Curt. 5, 1, 28: [[Rhenus]] insulas circumveniens, [[flowing]] [[around]], Tac. A. 2, 6: [[planities]] locis [[paulo]] superioribus circumventa, Sall. J. 68, 2: rami, quos comprehensos [[manus]] possit circumvenire, to [[grasp]], Col. 5, 9, 2; cf. id. 4, 29, 10; Val. Fl. 1, 400; Petr. 114: singulas urbes, to go [[around]] from one [[city]] to [[another]], Sall. J. 88, 4 Dietsch.—Far [[more]] freq. (esp. in the histt.),<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Specif., to [[surround]] in a [[hostile]] [[manner]], to [[encompass]], [[beset]], [[invest]]: ex itinere nostros latere [[aperto]] aggressi circumvenere, Caes. B. G. 1, 25: ne per insidias ab eo circumveniretur, id. ib. 1, 42: consulem, Nep. Hann. 4, 3: aciem. Curt. 5, 13, 30: montem opere, Caes. B. C. 3, 97: multos ab [[tergo]], Sall. J. 97, 5: cuncta [[moenia]] exercitu, id. ib. 57, 2; cf. id. ib. 76, 2: [[legio]] circumventa, Liv. 10, 26, 9; cf. id. 10, 2, 11; Tac. A. 3, 74: armis regiam, id. ib. 12, 50 fin.; cf. id. ib. 1, 25; 12, 16: [[cerva]] circumventa lupis, Stat. Th. 5, 165: hostili custodiā, Sen. Ep. 9, 6.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[encompass]], [[beset]], [[oppress]], [[distress]], [[afflict]], [[overthrow]]: [[circumventus]] morbo, [[exilio]] [[atque]] inopiā, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 58, 218; cf. id. Fin. 4, 23, 62 (Trag. v. 42 Vahl.); Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 46: [[quasi]] committeret [[contra]] legem, quo [[quis]] judicio circumveniretur, Cic. Brut. 12, 48; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; Quint. 5, 13, 32; 6, 2, 31: aliquem per arbitrum circumvenire, i. e. to [[lay]] [[hold]] of, Cic. Rosc. Com. 9, 25: jam te non [[Siculi]], non aratores circumveniunt, id. Verr. 2, 1, 37, § 93: te a Siciliae civitatibus circumveniri [[atque]] opprimi [[dicis]]? id. ib. 2, 4, 8, § 17: potentis alicujus opibus circumveniri urgerique, id. Off. 2, 14, 51: ut [[neque]] tenuiores [[proper]] humilitatem circumveniantur, id. ib. 2, 24, 85; so, falsis criminibus, Sall. C. 34, 2: omnibus necessitudinibus, id. ib. 21, 3; cf. Tac. A. 1, 13: his difficultatibus, Sall. J. 7, 1: [[odio]] accolarum, [[simul]] domesticis discordiis, Tac. A. 12, 29: securitate pacis et belli [[malo]], id. H. 2, 12: testimonio, id. ib. 4, 10: [[multa]] senem circumveniunt incommoda, * Hor. A. P. 169.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> (Cf. [[circumeo]], II. B.) To [[circumvent]], [[deceive]], [[cheat]], [[defraud]] one (syn.: [[decipio]], [[fraudo]], [[fallo]]): circumventum esse innocentem pecuniā, Cic. Clu. 29, 79: an placeret, fenore circumventa [[plebs]], Liv. 6, 36, 12: ignorantiam alicujus, Dig. 17, 1, 29: aliquem [[falso]] testimonio, ib. 42, 1, 33: non [[sine]] calliditate [[circumventus]], ib. 43, 28, 3; cf. ib. 23, 3, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the jurists, to [[evade]], to [[violate]] by evading: leges, Dig. 30, 123, § 1; 1, 3, 29: voluntatem defuncti, ib. 29, 4, 4: orationem, ib. 2, 15, 8; 1, 3, 29.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[obtain]] [[possession]] of, to [[grasp]]: omne [[stagnum]], Plin. [[Pan]]. 50, 1.

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|georg=[[circum]]-[[venio]], vēnī, ventum, īre, um etw. [[herumkommen]] = etw. [[umgeben]], I) im allg.: a) eine Pers., um jmd. [[herumtreten]], jmd. [[umringen]], homines circumventi flammā, Caes. b. G. 6, 16, 4. – b) Lebl., [[bes]]. eine Örtl., um etw. [[herumgehen]], [[herumlaufen]], etw. [[umschließen]], [[umringen]], [[Cocytos]] sinu [[labens]] circumvenit atro, Verg.: [[Rhenus]] modicas insulas circumveniens, Tac.: [[planities]] locis [[paulo]] superioribus circumventa, Sall.: quos (ramos) comprehensos [[manus]] possit circumvenire, [[umfassen]], Col.: circumvenientia fluenta, Amm. – II) feindl. [[umringen]], 1) eig.: a) eine [[Person]] [[umringen]], [[umzingeln]], umzingelnd [[überfallen]], [[aufheben]], [[überwältigen]] (s. Fabri Liv. 21, 34, 1), nostros, Caes.: hostes a [[tergo]], Caes.: in [[medio]] circumventi hostes, in die [[Mitte]] genommen u. umzingelt, Liv.: [[sic]] latronibus circumventum [[defendo]], ut [[tuto]] transire permittatur, Sen. – b) eine Örtl. [[umzingeln]], [[berennen]], singulas urbes, Sall.: cuncta [[moenia]] exercitu, Sall.: armis regiam, Sall.: [[moenia]] [[vallo]] fossāque, Sall. – 2) übtr.: a) eine Pers. [[umgarnen]], hinterlistig [[umschleichen]], [[ihr]] eine [[Falle]] [[legen]], [[sie]] ins [[Gedränge]] (in [[Gefahr]]) [[bringen]], [[bedrängen]], [[gefährden]], [[unterdrücken]], [[Passiv]] circumveniri = in die [[Falle]] (ins [[Gedränge]], in [[Gefahr]]) [[geraten]], [[ein]] [[Opfer]] [[von]] etw. [[werden]] ([[bes]]. [[vor]] [[Gericht]] od. übh. im öffentl. [[Leben]]), innocentes, Sall.: testes, Cic.: alqm per arbitrum, Cic.: rem publicam suimet sanguinis mercede, Sall. fr.: alqm iudicio capitis, Cic.: innocentem pecuniā, Cic.: plebem fenore, Liv.: circumveniri ab alqo per insidias od. bl. insidiis, Caes. u. Sall.: circumveniri potentis alicuius opibus, Cic.: [[circumventus]] ancipiti [[periculo]], Iustin.: [[circumventus]] falsis criminibus, Sall., [[falso]] testimonio, Tac.: circumventi sunt variis criminibus, Tac. – b) etw. [[umgehen]], umgehend [[verletzen]], leges, voluntatem defuncti, ICt.

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