circueo

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

circū̆eō (present infinitive circū̆īre, perfect active circū̆iī or circū̆īvī, supine circū̆itum); irregular conjugation

  1. alternative form of circumeō

Conjugation

Derived terms

Notes

The second syllable should be long due to compensatory lengthening from dropping the nasal m of circum, but it may also be shortened due to the Latin rule of shortening all vowels but the last one when there's two or more vowels in a row.

References

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