Lewis & Short

circum-sĕco, no

  1. I. perf., sectum āre, v. a., to cut or pare around: radices vitium, Cato, R. R. 114, 1: ungulas, Col. 6, 6, 4: tuberculum ferro, id. 7, 5, 13: aliquid serrulā, to saw around, * Cic. Clu. 64, 180: circumsecta aluta, Scrib. Comp. 229.
  2. * II. To circumcise, of the Jews (usu. circumcido), Suet. Dom. 12.