LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

circumluō

circumluō (present infinitive circumluere)
Classical[kɪrˈkʊm.ɫu.oː]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃirˈkum.lu.o]

Meaning

  1. transitiveto flow around, wash up on

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.circumluōcircumluēbamcircumluam———
2nd sg.circumluiscircumluēbāscircumluēs———
3rd sg.circumluitcircumluēbatcircumluet———
1st pl.circumluimuscircumluēbāmuscircumluēmus———
2nd pl.circumluitiscircumluēbātiscircumluētis———
3rd pl.circumluuntcircumluēbantcircumluent———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.circumluamcircumluerem——
2nd sg.circumluāscircumluerēs——
3rd sg.circumluatcircumlueret——
1st pl.circumluāmuscircumluerēmus——
2nd pl.circumluātiscircumluerētis——
3rd pl.circumluantcircumluerent——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.circumlue—
pres. 2nd pl.circumluite—
fut. 2nd sg.circumluitō—
fut. 3rd sg.circumluitō—
fut. 2nd pl.circumluitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.circumluuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecircumluere—
present participlecircumluēns—
gerundcircumluendī, circumluendō, circumluendum

circum-lŭo, ĕre, v. a.,
I. to flow around or wash upon (rare): Rhenus tergum ac latera circumluit, Tac. H. 4, 12: pars arcis circumluitur mari, Liv. 25, 11, 1: litora subit et circumluit pelagus, Mel. prooem. 2: (Aegeum) mare laevā Imbrum et Tenedum circumluens, Amm. 22, 8, 2.

Origins

circum- + lavō (“to wash”) (-luō in compounds)

Quick answers

What does circumluō mean in Latin?
circumluō, a verb, means “to flow around, wash up on”.
What are the principal parts of circumluō?
circumluō, circumluere (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems).
How do you pronounce circumluō?
In classical Latin, [kɪrˈkʊm.ɫu.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [t͡ʃirˈkum.lu.o].