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Latin
Etymology
Adverbial accusative of circus (“circle, ring”).
The accusative is from the adverbial derivation.
Pronunciation
Adverb
circum (not comparable)
- about, around
- in a circle, all around, on both sides
Preposition
circum (+ accusative)
- about, around, near
- through, among, to
- nearby, at, in the neighbourhood of
Derived terms
References
- “circum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN