circiter
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From circus (“circle, ring”) + -ter.
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkir.ki.ter/, [ˈkɪrkɪt̪ɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.t͡ʃi.ter/, [ˈt͡ʃirt͡ʃit̪er]
PrepositionEdit
circiter (+ accusative)
- (of place) near, close, round about
- hunc locum circiter
- close to this place
- (of time) near, close, about
AdverbEdit
circiter (not comparable)
- (of place) on every side; near, round about
- (of time) near, close, about
- mediā circiter nocte
- about midnight
- (of number) near, close, about, approximately
- circiter pars quarta
- about four parts
Related termsEdit
Related terms
ReferencesEdit
- “circiter”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “circiter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circiter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- about a hundred of our men fell: nostri circiter centum ceciderunt
- about a hundred of our men fell: nostri circiter centum ceciderunt