circensis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kirˈken.sis/, [kɪrˈkẽːs̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃirˈt͡ʃen.sis/, [t͡ʃirˈt͡ʃɛnsis]
Adjective edit
circēnsis (neuter circēnse); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (relational) circus
- ludi circenses ― circus games
Declension edit
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | circēnsis | circēnse | circēnsēs | circēnsia | |
| Genitive | circēnsis | circēnsium | |||
| Dative | circēnsī | circēnsibus | |||
| Accusative | circēnsem | circēnse | circēnsēs circēnsīs |
circēnsia | |
| Ablative | circēnsī | circēnsibus | |||
| Vocative | circēnsis | circēnse | circēnsēs | circēnsia | |
References edit
- “circensis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- circensis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- performances in the circus; theatrical perfomances: ludi circenses, scaenici
- performances in the circus; theatrical perfomances: ludi circenses, scaenici