border (v.) Copy link Outline A. Intrans.I. To b. on1. tango, tĕtĭgi, tactum, 32. attingo, 33. contingo, 34. circumjăcĕo, 2 (with dat.)II. To resemble closelyB. Trans. • border (v.): A. Intrans.: I. To b. on: i. e. to adjoin, have a common boundary with: 1. tango, tĕtĭgi, tactum, 3: the farms b. on the Tiber, fundi Tiberim t., Cic.: Caes. 2. attingo, 3: the district b.'d on Cilicia, regio Ciliciam attingebat, Cic.: the Nervii b.'d upon their territories, eorum fines Nervii attingebant, Caes. 3. contingo, 3: they border upon the territories of the Arverni, fines Arvernorum contingunt, Caes.: Liv. 4. circumjăcĕo, 2 (with dat.): the Chersonesus and the parts which b. on Europe, Chersonesus quaeque c. Europae, Liv.: v. to adjoin, be adjacent. II. To resemble closely: finitimum, confinem esse: the false b.s so closely on the true, ita finitima falsa sunt veris, Cic.: the poet b.s on the orator, poeta oratori finitimus est, Cic. B. Trans.: praetexo, texui, textum, 3: bright purple often b.s your dress, purpura saepe tuos fulgens p. amictus, Ov.: the Mincius b.s its banks with reeds, p. arundine ripas Mincius, Virg.: both nations are b.'d by the Rhine, utraeque nationes Rheno praetexuntur, Tac. Phr.: a gold edge b.'d the cloak, chlamydem limbus obibat aureus, Ov.: v. to edge, to bind.