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|lshtext=<b>circum-sto</b>: stĕti, 1, v. n. and<br /><b>I</b> a. (the perf. and pluperf. having the [[same]] form [[with]] those of [[circumsisto]], and a [[similar]] [[meaning]], it is [[sometimes]] [[doubtful]] to [[which]] [[verb]] a form belongs), to [[stand]] [[around]] in a [[circle]], to [[take]] a [[station]] [[round]]; and, [[with]] the acc., to [[stand]] [[around]] a [[person]] or [[thing]], to [[surround]], [[encircle]], [[encompass]].<br /><b>I</b> Prop. ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].).<br /> <b>(a)</b> Absol.: circumstant cum ardentibus taedis, Enn ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 51 Vahl.): circumstant lacrimis rorantes ora genasque, Lucr. 3, 469: [[Morini]] spe praedae adducti circumsteterunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 37: circumstant properi aurigae, Verg. A. 12, 85: ad circumstantes tendens sua bracchia silvas, Ov M. 3, 441: circumstantis exercitūs [[gratia]], Curt. 9, 3, 15: amici, id. 3, 5, 9.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With acc.: aliquem, Verg. G. 4, 216; Ov. M. 11, 505; Curt. 5, 12, 9: equites Romani qui circumstant senatum, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 21: sellam, Liv. 8, 32, 14; Suet. Aug. 35: solem, Ov. M. 2, 394: sacra, id. ib. 2, 717: lectum, Curt. 10, 5, 2.—<br /> <b>2</b> Hence, circumstantes, ĭum, m. subst., the by-standers, Quint. 4, 2, 22; 4, 2, 127; Tac. A. 1, 21; 1, 22; Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 93; Curt. 6, 10, 36.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic., to [[surround]] in a [[hostile]] [[manner]], to [[beset]], [[besiege]]: circumstare [[tribunal]] praetoris urbani, obsidere cum gladiis curiam, etc., Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32: quem [[tres]] [[Curiatii]] circumsteterant, Liv. 1, 25, 6: si [[ambo]] consules infesti circumstarent tribunum, id. 3, 9, 6: urbem Romanam, id. 27, 40, 6: regis tecta, Verg. A. 7, 585; cf. the foll.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[surround]], [[encompass]], [[occupy]], [[take]] [[possession]] of (freq. in [[post]]-Aug [[prose]]); absol. or [[with]] acc.: cum [[dies]] et noctes omnia nos [[undique]] fata circumstent, Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20: circumstant te summae auctoritates, id. Verr. 1, 17, 52: cum tanti [[undique]] terrores circumstarent, Liv. 6, 2, 4; cf. id. 30, 3, 3: [[anceps]] [[proelium]] Romanos circumsteterat, incertos in quem hostem eruptionem facerent, id. 25, 34, 10: ancepsque [[terror]] circumstabat, id. 21, 28, 3; 34, 27, 1; Quint. 10, 3, 30: haec me [[cura]], haec [[difficultas]] sola circumstat, Plin. [[Pan]]. 3, 4: at me tum [[primum]] [[saevus]] circumstetit [[horror]], Verg. A. 2, 559: [[scio]] acerba meorum Circumstare odia ( = meos, qui me oderunt), id. ib. 10, 905: circumsteterat Civilem et [[alius]] [[metus]], Tac. H. 4, 79: circumsteterat palatium publica [[exspectatio]], id. ib. 1, 17: [[paupertas]] et [[angustiae]] rerum nascentes eos circumsteterunt, id. Or. 8.—Subst.: circumstantĭa, ium, n., details, circumstances, in an [[argument]]: [[illa]] (argumenta) per se fortia non [[oportet]] circumstantibus obscurare, Quint. 5, 12, 4. | |lshtext=<b>circum-sto</b>: stĕti, 1, v. n. and<br /><b>I</b> a. (the perf. and pluperf. having the [[same]] form [[with]] those of [[circumsisto]], and a [[similar]] [[meaning]], it is [[sometimes]] [[doubtful]] to [[which]] [[verb]] a form belongs), to [[stand]] [[around]] in a [[circle]], to [[take]] a [[station]] [[round]]; and, [[with]] the acc., to [[stand]] [[around]] a [[person]] or [[thing]], to [[surround]], [[encircle]], [[encompass]].<br /><b>I</b> Prop. ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].).<br /> <b>(a)</b> Absol.: circumstant cum ardentibus taedis, Enn ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 51 Vahl.): circumstant lacrimis rorantes ora genasque, Lucr. 3, 469: [[Morini]] spe praedae adducti circumsteterunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 37: circumstant properi aurigae, Verg. A. 12, 85: ad circumstantes tendens sua bracchia silvas, Ov M. 3, 441: circumstantis exercitūs [[gratia]], Curt. 9, 3, 15: amici, id. 3, 5, 9.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With acc.: aliquem, Verg. G. 4, 216; Ov. M. 11, 505; Curt. 5, 12, 9: equites Romani qui circumstant senatum, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 21: sellam, Liv. 8, 32, 14; Suet. Aug. 35: solem, Ov. M. 2, 394: sacra, id. ib. 2, 717: lectum, Curt. 10, 5, 2.—<br /> <b>2</b> Hence, circumstantes, ĭum, m. subst., the by-standers, Quint. 4, 2, 22; 4, 2, 127; Tac. A. 1, 21; 1, 22; Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 93; Curt. 6, 10, 36.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic., to [[surround]] in a [[hostile]] [[manner]], to [[beset]], [[besiege]]: circumstare [[tribunal]] praetoris urbani, obsidere cum gladiis curiam, etc., Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32: quem [[tres]] [[Curiatii]] circumsteterant, Liv. 1, 25, 6: si [[ambo]] consules infesti circumstarent tribunum, id. 3, 9, 6: urbem Romanam, id. 27, 40, 6: regis tecta, Verg. A. 7, 585; cf. the foll.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[surround]], [[encompass]], [[occupy]], [[take]] [[possession]] of (freq. in [[post]]-Aug [[prose]]); absol. or [[with]] acc.: cum [[dies]] et noctes omnia nos [[undique]] fata circumstent, Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20: circumstant te summae auctoritates, id. Verr. 1, 17, 52: cum tanti [[undique]] terrores circumstarent, Liv. 6, 2, 4; cf. id. 30, 3, 3: [[anceps]] [[proelium]] Romanos circumsteterat, incertos in quem hostem eruptionem facerent, id. 25, 34, 10: ancepsque [[terror]] circumstabat, id. 21, 28, 3; 34, 27, 1; Quint. 10, 3, 30: haec me [[cura]], haec [[difficultas]] sola circumstat, Plin. [[Pan]]. 3, 4: at me tum [[primum]] [[saevus]] circumstetit [[horror]], Verg. A. 2, 559: [[scio]] acerba meorum Circumstare odia ( = meos, qui me oderunt), id. ib. 10, 905: circumsteterat Civilem et [[alius]] [[metus]], Tac. H. 4, 79: circumsteterat palatium publica [[exspectatio]], id. ib. 1, 17: [[paupertas]] et [[angustiae]] rerum nascentes eos circumsteterunt, id. Or. 8.—Subst.: circumstantĭa, ium, n., details, circumstances, in an [[argument]]: [[illa]] (argumenta) per se fortia non [[oportet]] circumstantibus obscurare, Quint. 5, 12, 4. | ||
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|gf=<b>circumstō</b>,¹⁰ stĕtī, āre,<br /><b>1</b> intr., se tenir autour, être autour : circumstant cum ardentibus tædis Enn. d. Cic. Ac. 2, 89, ils se tiennent en cercle avec des torches allumées ; circumstant lacrimis rorantes [[ora]] Lucr. 3, 469, ils se tiennent autour le visage baigné de larmes, cf. Cic. Att. 14, 12, 2<br /><b>2</b> tr., entourer : ut me circumsteterint judices Cic. Att. 1, 16, 4, [tu as appris] comme les juges s’empressèrent autour de moi ; cives qui circumstant senatum Cic. Cat. 1, 21, les citoyens qui entourent le sénat [pour le défendre] ; circumstare [[tribunal]] prætoris Cic. Cat. 1, 32, investir le [[tribunal]] du préteur || [fig.] menacer : [[nos]] [[undique]] fata circumstant Cic. Phil. 10, 20, la mort nous menace de toutes parts. | |||
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