circiter

Latin

Etymology

From circus (circle, ring) +‎ -ter.

Pronunciation

Preposition

circiter (+ accusative)

  1. (of place) near, close, round about
    hunc locum circiter
    close to this place
  2. (of time) near, close, about

Adverb

circiter (not comparable)

  1. (of place) on every side; near, round about
  2. (of time) near, close, about
    mediā circiter nocte
    about midnight
  3. (of number) near, close, about, approximately
    circiter pars quarta
    about four parts

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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • about a hundred of our men fell: nostri circiter centum ceciderunt