circulus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of circus.

Noun

circulus (genitive circulī); m, second declension

1. circle (geometric figure)
2. An orbit (circular path)
3. A ring, hoop
4. A necklace, chain
5. A company, social gathering, group
6. (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

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	circulus	circulī
genitive	circulī	circulōrum
dative	circulō	circulīs
accusative	circulum	circulōs
ablative	circulō	circulīs
vocative	circule	circulī

Related terms

circā circiter circulō

circulor circum circus

Descendants

Afrikaans: sirkel Aragonese: cerclo Aromanian: tserclju Asturian: círculu Basque: zirkulu Catalan: cercle Dalmatian: circol Danish: cirkel Dutch: cirkel English: circle Esperanto: cirklo French: cercle Friulian: circul, cercli

Galician: círculo German: Zirkel Ido: cirklo Interlingua: circulo Irish: ciorcal Italian: cerchio, circolo Jèrriais: cèrcl'ye Limburgish: cirkel Manx: kiarkyl Norwegian: sirkel Occitan: cercle Old French: cercle Old Irish: circul

Pitcairn-Norfolk: sirkil Portuguese: círculo Russian: ци́ркуль (církul') Sardinian: chilciu, círculu, tzírculu Scottish Gaelic: cearcall Sicilian: circhiu Spanish: círculo Swedish: cirkel Venetian: sercio