circum-fundō fūdī, fūsus, ere, to pour around: mare circumfusum urbi, flowing around, L.: gens circumfusis invia fluminibus, O.: circumfuso in aere, circumambient, O.: circumfusa nubes, V.

— To surround, encompass, cover, envelop: terram circumfundit aer: (mortuum) cerā, N.: terra circumfusa mari, encompassed by.

—In tmesis: circum dea fudit amictu, V.

—Pass. or reflex., of a throng, to press, crowd around, throng, surround, cling: a tergo se, L.: circumfunduntur hostes, Cs.: equites ab lateribus circumfusi, L.: hostes undique circumfusi erant, S.: (Nymphae) circumfusae Dianam Corporibus texere suis, surrounding, O.: circumfusa turba lateri meo, L.: circumfundit eques (sc. se), Ta.

— Poet.: iuveni circumfunditur, i. e. clings to him, O.

—Fig.: undique circumfusae molestiae: periculum, ab circumfusis undique voluptatibus, L.

— To enclose, environ, surround, overwhelm: circumfusus praesidiorum copiis: circumfusus hostium concursu, N.

— Fig.: circumfusi caligine.