Preposition, circum: circa [Vid: ABOUT] : Adverb, circum: totus circum: in circuitu. Often by circum in composition: to ride around, circumequitare or equo circumvehi (locum): to roll around, circumvolvere (transitively), circumvolvi (intransitively). Sometimes by per: to look around, circumspicere: circumspectare: oculos circumferre: perlustrare (omnia, etc.): to wander around, pervagari (locum): to look around in a threatening way, oculos minaciter circumferre: to dig a trench around a city, oppidum fossa (vallo fossaque) circumdare.