CIRCUMPOSUISSE, circumposuisse
Sounds Like: keer-koom-po-SOO-is-seh
Translations: to have placed around, to have set around, to have surrounded
From the root: CIRCUMPO-NERE
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is the perfect active infinitive form of the Latin verb 'circumpo-nere', which means 'to place around' or 'to surround'. It describes an action that was completed in the past, and is used as a verbal noun, often after verbs like 'to say', 'to believe', or 'to order'. For example, 'He believed them to have placed it around'. It is a compound word formed from 'circum' (around) and 'ponere' (to place).
Inflection: Perfect, Active, Infinitive
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
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