circa
See also: Circa
English edit
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɜːkə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɝkə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kə
- Hyphenation: cir‧ca
Preposition edit
circa
- Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)
- Julius Caesar visited this area circa 50 BC.
Translations edit
approximately, about, around
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circa
- circa, approximately
- Synonym: cca
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circa
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circa
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circa
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circa
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circa
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circa
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Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkir.kaː/, [ˈkɪrkäː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.ka/, [ˈt͡ʃirkä]
Etymology 1 edit
A later form for circum, or from circum + eā.
The accusative is from the adverbial derivation.
Adverb edit
circā (not comparable)
Preposition edit
circā (+ accusative)
- around; near; about
- Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I, 7:
- Circa advenam manifestae reum caedis
- around the stranger accused of open murder
- Circa advenam manifestae reum caedis
- regarding, concerning
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References edit
- “circa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- circa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- circa in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti
Etymology 2 edit
Ultimately related to etymology 1. Sense 4 is only attested in the form cerca(s); see there for more.
Noun edit
circa f (genitive circae); first declension (Medieval Latin)[1][2]
References edit
- ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “2. circa”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 180
- ^ Blaise, Albert (1975), “circa”, in Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs du moyen-âge: lexicon latinitatis medii aevi (Corpus christianorum) (in Latin, French), Turnhout: Brepols, page 178
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Latin circā.
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Particle edit
circa
- (literary) circa, nearly, almost (in close approximation)
- Synonyms: blisko, koło, mniej więcej, niespełna, niemal, około, prawie, w przybliżeniu
- Na świecie żyje circa 9 mld ludzi. ― There are circa 9 billion people in the world.
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circa
- approximately, about, or so
- Synonym: cam
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- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθiɾka/ [ˈθiɾ.ka]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsiɾka/ [ˈsiɾ.ka]
- Rhymes: -iɾka
- Syllabification: cir‧ca
Preposition edit
circa
Further reading edit
- “circa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014