circumventus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of circumveniō (“surround”).

Participle

circumventus (feminine circumventa, neuter circumventum); first/second-declension participle

1. surrounded, beset
2. circumvented, deceived

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	circumventus	circumventa	circumventum		circumventī	circumventae	circumventa
genitive	circumventī	circumventae	circumventī		circumventōrum	circumventārum	circumventōrum
dative	circumventō	circumventae	circumventō		circumventīs
accusative	circumventum	circumventam	circumventum		circumventōs	circumventās	circumventa
ablative	circumventō	circumventā	circumventō		circumventīs
vocative	circumvente	circumventa	circumventum		circumventī	circumventae	circumventa

References

• “circumventus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• circumventus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.