Lewis & Short

circumductĭo, ōnis, f. [circumduco].

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