circumcīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere circum + caedo, to cut around, cut, clip, trim: ars agricolarum, quae circumcidat: gladiis caespites, Cs.

—Fig., to cut off, diminish, abridge, circumscribe, get rid of, abolish: multitudinem: impensam funeri, Ph.: circumcisis quae in quaestum reperta, Ta.