circinus

See also: Circinus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κίρκινος (kírkinos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkir.ki.nus/, [ˈkɪrkɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.t͡ʃi.nus/, [ˈt͡ʃirt͡ʃinus]

Noun

circinus m (genitive circinī); second declension

1. A pair of compasses; a tool for measuring distances or constructing a circle.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	circinus	circinī
Genitive	circinī	circinōrum
Dative	circinō	circinīs
Accusative	circinum	circinōs
Ablative	circinō	circinīs
Vocative	circine	circinī

Related terms

• circā
• circen
• circes
• circinatio
• circinō
• circus

Descendants

• English: Circinus
• French: cerne
• Italian: cercine
• Portuguese: cérceo
• Romanian: cearcăn
• Spanish: cérceno, cercén, cerno, cerna

References

• “circinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “circinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “circinus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “circinus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin