circum-jaceo, ere, v. n., to lie round about, border upon (rare; not in Cic.). Absol., * Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 123: populi circumjacentes, surrounding, Tac. A. 2, 72.

— With dat.: Lycaonia et Phrygia circumjacent Europae, Liv. 37, 54, 11: capiti et collo, App. de Deo Socr. p. 54, 33.

—* Trop., in rhet.: circumjacentia, ium, n., the context, Qumt. 9, 4, 29.