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circumvado.

to attack on every side, encompass, beset

10 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[kɪr.kʊmˈwaː.doː]Classical-Latin[t͡ʃir.kumˈvaː.do]
  1. to attack on every side, encompass, beset

    conjugation-3 · no-supine · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum- Latin vādō Latin circumvādō From circum- + vādō (“to go, to make one's way”).

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