circum -stīpo or circum stīpo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to surround, accompany, attend (in post-Aug. poetry and rare). Absol.: magnā circumstipante catervā, Sil. 10, 453. Pass., Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 356; id. VI. Cons. Hon. 595.