Lewis & Short

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circŭlo, āre, v. a. (post-class. collat. form of circulor) [circulus],

  1. I. to make circu lar or round, App. flor. 9, p. 346, 21. circulatus gressus, Cael. Aur Tard. 1, 1: digitos. bent in, App. Mag. 89, p. 330.
  2. II. Esp., to encircle, encompass: verticem varietatibus, Mart. Cap. 7, § 728: sideribus, id. 8, § 831; 4, § 333 al.; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 269.

circŭlor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [circulator].

  1. I. To form a circle (of men) about one’s self, or to gather in a company or circle for conversation, * Cic. Brut. 54, 200: totis vero castris milites circulari et dolere, etc., Caes. B. C. 1, 64.
    Hence,
  2. II. Of mountebanks, to collect people around one’s self, Sen. Ep. 40, 3; 52, 7.