circumscribo

Latin

Etymology

From circum- +‎ scrībō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kir.kumˈskriː.boː/, [kɪr.kũːˈskriː.boː]

Verb

circumscrībō (present infinitive circumscrībere, perfect active circumscrīpsi, supine circumscrīptum); third conjugation

  1. I draw a line around, enclose in a circle, circumscribe.
  2. I enclose, limit, bound, restrain, hem in.
  3. (medicine) I abate, subside.
  4. I deceive, cheat, circumvent, entrap, ensnare
  5. I defraud, deprive of money.
  6. I declare invalid, annul, invalidate, void.

Inflection
   Conjugation of circumscribo (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present circumscrībō circumscrībis circumscrībit circumscrībimus circumscrībitis circumscrībunt
imperfect circumscrībēbam circumscrībēbās circumscrībēbat circumscrībēbāmus circumscrībēbātis circumscrībēbant
future circumscrībam circumscrībēs circumscrībet circumscrībēmus circumscrībētis circumscrībent
perfect circumscrīpsī circumscrīpsistī circumscrīpsit circumscrīpsimus circumscrīpsistis circumscrīpsērunt, circumscrīpsēre
pluperfect circumscrīpseram circumscrīpserās circumscrīpserat circumscrīpserāmus circumscrīpserātis circumscrīpserant
future perfect circumscrīpserō circumscrīpseris circumscrīpserit circumscrīpserimus circumscrīpseritis circumscrīpserint
passive present circumscrībor circumscrīberis, circumscrībere circumscrībitur circumscrībimur circumscrībiminī circumscrībuntur
imperfect circumscrībēbar circumscrībēbāris, circumscrībēbāre circumscrībēbātur circumscrībēbāmur circumscrībēbāminī circumscrībēbantur
future circumscrībar circumscrībēris, circumscrībēre circumscrībētur circumscrībēmur circumscrībēminī circumscrībentur
perfect circumscrīptus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect circumscrīptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect circumscrīptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present circumscrībam circumscrībās circumscrībat circumscrībāmus circumscrībātis circumscrībant
imperfect circumscrīberem circumscrīberēs circumscrīberet circumscrīberēmus circumscrīberētis circumscrīberent
perfect circumscrīpserim circumscrīpserīs circumscrīpserit circumscrīpserimus circumscrīpseritis circumscrīpserint
pluperfect circumscrīpsissem circumscrīpsissēs circumscrīpsisset circumscrīpsissēmus circumscrīpsissētis circumscrīpsissent
passive present circumscrībar circumscrībāris, circumscrībāre circumscrībātur circumscrībāmur circumscrībāminī circumscrībantur
imperfect circumscrīberer circumscrīberēris, circumscrīberēre circumscrīberētur circumscrīberēmur circumscrīberēminī circumscrīberentur
perfect circumscrīptus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect circumscrīptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — circumscrībe — — circumscrībite —
future — circumscrībitō circumscrībitō — circumscrībitōte circumscrībuntō
passive present — circumscrībere — — circumscrībiminī —
future — circumscrībitor circumscrībitor — — circumscrībuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives circumscrībere circumscrīpsisse circumscrīptūrus esse circumscrībī circumscrīptus esse circumscrīptum īrī
participles circumscrībēns — circumscrīptūrus — circumscrīptus circumscrībendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
circumscrībere circumscrībendī circumscrībendō circumscrībendum circumscrīptum circumscrīptū

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • circumscribo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • circumscribo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • circumscribo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to set bounds to a thing, limit it: terminis circumscribere aliquid
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