circum-jăcĕo
ĕre, v. n.
I.
to lie round about, border upon (rare; not in Cic.).
(a).
Absol., * Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 123: populi circumjacentes, Tac. A. 2, 72. —
(b).
With dat.: Lycaonia et Phrygia circumjacent Europae, Liv. 37, 54, 11: capiti et collo, App. de Deo Socr. p. 54, 33.—*
II.
Trop., in rhet.: circumjăcentĭa, ĭum, n., the context, Qumt. 9, 4, 29.