Latin edit

Etymology edit

Related to circus.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

circen n (genitive circinis); third declension

  1. circle, circular course

Declension edit

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative circen circina
Genitive circinis circinum
Dative circinī circinibus
Accusative circen circina
Ablative circine circinibus
Vocative circen circina

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Spanish: cercen, cércene

References edit

  • circen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • circen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.