"circinus" meaning in Latin

See circinus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈkɪr.kɪ.nʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈt͡ʃir.t͡ʃi.nus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -inus Latin circinus From circus + -inus. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|circus|-inus|text=+|title=circinus|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -inus Latin circinus [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "hawk", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "turn", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*(s)ker-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κίρκος", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "circus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives of materials", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-nós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-iHnos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-īnos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-inus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "circinus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="circinus"> From circus + -inus. Head templates: {{la-noun|circinus<2>}} circinus m (genitive circinī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|circinus<2>}} Forms: circinī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], circinus [nominative, singular], circinī [nominative, plural], circinī [genitive, singular], circinōrum [genitive, plural], circinō [dative, singular], circinīs [dative, plural], circinum [accusative, singular], circinōs [accusative, plural], circinō [ablative, singular], circinīs [ablative, plural], circine [singular, vocative], circinī [plural, vocative]
  1. A pair of compasses; a tool for measuring distances or constructing a circle. Tags: declension-2, masculine Related terms: circā, circen, circes, circinatio, circinō, circus

Inflected forms

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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.