circulus
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkir.ku.lus/, [ˈkɪr.kʊ.ɫʊs]
Noun
circulus m (genitive circulī); second declension
- circle (geometric figure)
- An orbit (circular path)
- A ring, hoop
- A necklace, chain
- A company, social gathering, group
- (Medieval) A calendrical cycle
- Huius sexto anno primus Dionisi circulus inchoat
- In the sixth year of which [reign], the first cycle of Dionysius begins. — Bede, Chronica Minora
- Huius sexto anno primus Dionisi circulus inchoat
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | circulus | circulī |
| genitive | circulī | circulōrum |
| dative | circulō | circulīs |
| accusative | circulum | circulōs |
| ablative | circulō | circulīs |
| vocative | circule | circulī |
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: sirkel
- Albanian: qarkull
- Aragonese: cerclo
- Aromanian: tserclju
- Asturian: círculu
- Basque: zirkulu
- Catalan: cercle, cèrcol, círcol
- Dalmatian: circol
- Danish: cirkel
- Dutch: cirkel
- English: circle
- Esperanto: cirklo
- French: cercle
- Friulian: cercli, circul
References
- circulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- circulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- circulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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