circiter

Latin

Etymology

From circus (“circle, ring”) +‎ -iter.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkir.ki.ter/, [ˈkɪr.kɪ.tɛr]

Preposition

circiter + accusative

  1. (of place) near, close, round about
    hunc locum circiter
    close to this place
  2. (of time) near, close, about

Adverb

circiter (not comparable)

  1. (of place) on every side; near, round about
  2. (of time) near, close, about
    mediā circiter nocte
    about midnight
  3. (of number) near, close, about
    circiter pars quarta
    about four parts

References

  • circiter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • circiter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • circiter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • about a hundred of our men fell: nostri circiter centum ceciderunt
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