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Latin
Etymology
From circus (“circle, ring”) + -ter.
Pronunciation
Preposition
circiter (+ accusative)
- (of place) near, close, round about
hunc locum circiter- close to this place
- (of time) near, close, about
Adverb
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 terms
References
- “circiter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- about a hundred of our men fell: nostri circiter centum ceciderunt