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circum-plĭco, āvi, ātum, v. a.

  1. I. To wind, fold, or twine around: tum esset ostentum, si anguem vectis circumplicavisset, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 62: locum surculo, Gell. 17, 9, 14 (cf. id. 17, 9, 14, § 9): belua circumplicata serpentibus, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49: puer serpentis amplexu, id. ib. 1, 36, 79.
  2. II. To bend around, Lact. Opif. Dei, 12, 5.