circumductĭo

ōnis, f.

circumduco

I. A leading or conducting around: aquarum, Vitr. 8, 6, 5 sq.: sphaerae, Hyg. Astr. 1, 2; of a person, Cod. Th. 4, 8, 1.—
II. Trop. *
A. A cheating, defrauding: argenti, Plaut. Capt. 5. —
B. The expansion of a thought, a period, only in Quint. 11, 3, 39; 9, 4, 118.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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