circumago

Latin

Etymology

From circum- (“circum-”) +‎ agō (“I do, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kirˈku.ma.ɡoː/, [kɪrˈkʊmäɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃirˈku.ma.ɡo/, [t͡ʃirˈkuːmäɡo]

Verb

circumagō (present infinitive circumagere, perfect active circumēgī, supine circumāctum); third conjugation

1. to drive or turn in a circle; to turn round

   Synonyms: vertō, versō

   • 234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 141.1:

     Agrum lustrare sic oportet. Impera suovitaurilia circumagi: […]

     It is necessary to purify the field like this. Order the suovetaurilia to be brought around [the field]: […]

2. to turn a wheel

Conjugation

Conjugation of circumagō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumagō	circumagis	circumagit	circumagimus	circumagitis	circumagunt
	imperfect	circumagēbam	circumagēbās	circumagēbat	circumagēbāmus	circumagēbātis	circumagēbant
	future	circumagam	circumagēs	circumaget	circumagēmus	circumagētis	circumagent
	perfect	circumēgī	circumēgistī	circumēgit	circumēgimus	circumēgistis	circumēgērunt, circumēgēre
	pluperfect	circumēgeram	circumēgerās	circumēgerat	circumēgerāmus	circumēgerātis	circumēgerant
	future perfect	circumēgerō	circumēgeris	circumēgerit	circumēgerimus	circumēgeritis	circumēgerint
passive	present	circumagor	circumageris, circumagere	circumagitur	circumagimur	circumagiminī	circumaguntur
	imperfect	circumagēbar	circumagēbāris, circumagēbāre	circumagēbātur	circumagēbāmur	circumagēbāminī	circumagēbantur
	future	circumagar	circumagēris, circumagēre	circumagētur	circumagēmur	circumagēminī	circumagentur
	perfect	circumāctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	circumāctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	circumāctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumagam	circumagās	circumagat	circumagāmus	circumagātis	circumagant
	imperfect	circumagerem	circumagerēs	circumageret	circumagerēmus	circumagerētis	circumagerent
	perfect	circumēgerim	circumēgerīs	circumēgerit	circumēgerīmus	circumēgerītis	circumēgerint
	pluperfect	circumēgissem	circumēgissēs	circumēgisset	circumēgissēmus	circumēgissētis	circumēgissent
passive	present	circumagar	circumagāris, circumagāre	circumagātur	circumagāmur	circumagāminī	circumagantur
	imperfect	circumagerer	circumagerēris, circumagerēre	circumagerētur	circumagerēmur	circumagerēminī	circumagerentur
	perfect	circumāctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	circumāctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	circumage	—	—	circumagite	—
	future	—	circumagitō	circumagitō	—	circumagitōte	circumaguntō
passive	present	—	circumagere	—	—	circumagiminī	—
	future	—	circumagitor	circumagitor	—	—	circumaguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		circumagere	circumēgisse	circumāctūrum esse	circumagī	circumāctum esse	circumāctum īrī
participles		circumagēns	—	circumāctūrus	—	circumāctus	circumagendus, circumagundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		circumagendī	circumagendō	circumagendum	circumagendō	circumāctum	circumāctū

References

• “circumago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “circumago”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circumago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.