"circulus" meaning in Latin

See circulus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkir.ku.lus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈkɪrkʊɫ̪ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈt͡ʃir.ku.lus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt͡ʃirkulus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From circus + -ulus. Etymology templates: {{af|la|circus|-ulus}} circus + -ulus Head templates: {{la-noun|circulus<2>}} circulus m (genitive circulī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|circulus<2>}} Forms: circulī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], circulus [nominative, singular], circulī [nominative, plural], circulī [genitive, singular], circulōrum [genitive, plural], circulō [dative, singular], circulīs [dative, plural], circulum [accusative, singular], circulōs [accusative, plural], circulō [ablative, singular], circulīs [ablative, plural], circule [singular, vocative], circulī [plural, vocative]
  1. A circle (geometric figure) Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-circulus-la-noun-u8f90TNU
  2. An orbit (circular path) Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-circulus-la-noun-LNiL62r2
  3. A ring, hoop Tags: declension-2, masculine Categories (topical): Shapes
    Sense id: en-circulus-la-noun-kEtou14s Disambiguation of Shapes: 11 4 61 5 6 13 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -ulus, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 75 3 3 18 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 14 13 24 17 17 15 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ulus: 2 2 60 9 7 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 1 73 4 4 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 75 3 2 18
  4. A necklace, chain Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-circulus-la-noun-8vkNKiOj
  5. A company, social gathering, group Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-circulus-la-noun-pPOR1HNF
  6. (Medieval Latin) A calendrical cycle Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-circulus-la-noun-EakKKd1e Categories (other): Medieval Latin
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: circlus [poetic, rare] Related terms: circā, circiter, circulō, circulor, circum, circus

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "cerchio"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: cerchio\n→ Aromanian: tserclju",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: cerchio\n→ Aromanian: tserclju"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "circhiu",
            "3": "chirchiu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: circhiu, chirchiu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: circhiu, chirchiu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Lucca"
          },
          "expansion": "(Lucca)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tuscan: chiercio (Lucca)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "cercli"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: cercli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: cercli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "çèrcio"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: çèrcio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: çèrcio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "sercc"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: sercc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: sercc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "sercc"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: sercc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: sercc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "tschierchel"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: tschierchel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: tschierchel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "cercio",
            "3": "sercio",
            "4": "sércio"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: cercio, sercio, sércio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: cercio, sercio, sércio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Northern Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "cercllo"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: cercllo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: cercllo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "cercle"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: cercle\nFrench: cercle\nHaitian Creole: sèk\nNorman: cèrcl'ye (Jersey)\nWalloon: ceke\n→ Middle English: cercle, circle (Latin-influenced)\nEnglish: circle\nScots: circle",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: cercle\nFrench: cercle\nHaitian Creole: sèk\nNorman: cèrcl'ye (Jersey)\nWalloon: ceke\n→ Middle English: cercle, circle (Latin-influenced)\nEnglish: circle\nScots: circle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Southern Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "cerclo"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: cerclo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: cerclo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "cercle",
            "3": "cèrcol"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: cercle, cèrcol",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: cercle, cèrcol"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "cercle",
            "3": "sercle",
            "4": "selcle"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: cercle, sercle, selcle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: cercle, sercle, selcle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "cercle",
            "3": "ceucle"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: cercle, ceucle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: cercle, ceucle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "chìlciu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: chìlciu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: chìlciu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ancient borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "qarkull",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: qarkull",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: qarkull"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eu",
            "2": "curcuru",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Basque: curcuru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Basque: curcuru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Brythonic:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "br",
            "2": "kelc'h"
          },
          "expansion": "Breton: kelc'h",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Breton: kelc'h"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kw",
            "2": "kelgh"
          },
          "expansion": "Cornish: kelgh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cornish: kelgh"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "owl",
            "2": "circhl"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Welsh: circhl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Welsh: circhl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "cylch"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: cylch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: cylch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [],
      "text": ""
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ British isles:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "ċircul"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: ċircul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: ċircul"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "circul"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Irish: circul\nMiddle Irish: circul\nIrish: ciorcal\nManx: kiarkyl\nScottish Gaelic: cearcall",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Irish: circul\nMiddle Irish: circul\nIrish: ciorcal\nManx: kiarkyl\nScottish Gaelic: cearcall"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Germany and environs:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "sirkel"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: sirkel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: sirkel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "cirkel"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: cirkel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: cirkel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "cirkel"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: cirkel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: cirkel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Zirkel"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Zirkel\n→ Old Slovak: cirkeľ\nPannonian Rusyn: циркель (cirkelʹ)\n→ Polish: cyrkiel\n→ Russian: циркуль (cirkulʹ)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Zirkel\n→ Old Slovak: cirkeľ\nPannonian Rusyn: циркель (cirkelʹ)\n→ Polish: cyrkiel\n→ Russian: циркуль (cirkulʹ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "li",
            "2": "cirkel"
          },
          "expansion": "Limburgish: cirkel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Limburgish: cirkel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: sirkel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "cirkel"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: cirkel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: cirkel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Iberia:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "círculu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: círculu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: círculu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eu",
            "2": "zirkulu"
          },
          "expansion": "Basque: zirkulu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Basque: zirkulu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "círculo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: círculo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: círculo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "círculo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: círculo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: círculo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "círculo"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: círculo\n→ Catalan: círcol",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: círculo\n→ Catalan: círcol"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Italy and environs:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "circol"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: circol",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: circol"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "circul"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: circul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: circul"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "circolo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: circolo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: circolo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "circul"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: circul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: circul"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "círculu",
            "3": "tzírculu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: círculu, tzírculu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: círculu, tzírculu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "circus",
        "3": "-ulus"
      },
      "expansion": "circus + -ulus",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From circus + -ulus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "circulī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "circulus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "circulus m (genitive circulī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "circulus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "circā"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "circiter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "circulō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "circulor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "circum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "circus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A circle (geometric figure)"
      ],
      "id": "en-circulus-la-noun-u8f90TNU",
      "links": [
        [
          "circle",
          "circle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An orbit (circular path)"
      ],
      "id": "en-circulus-la-noun-LNiL62r2",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbit",
          "orbit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 75 3 3 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 24 17 17 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 60 9 7 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -ulus",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 73 4 4 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 75 3 2 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 4 61 5 6 13",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Shapes",
          "orig": "la:Shapes",
          "parents": [
            "Geometry",
            "Mathematics",
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A ring, hoop"
      ],
      "id": "en-circulus-la-noun-kEtou14s",
      "links": [
        [
          "ring",
          "ring"
        ],
        [
          "hoop",
          "hoop"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A necklace, chain"
      ],
      "id": "en-circulus-la-noun-8vkNKiOj",
      "links": [
        [
          "necklace",
          "necklace"
        ],
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A company, social gathering, group"
      ],
      "id": "en-circulus-la-noun-pPOR1HNF",
      "links": [
        [
          "company",
          "company"
        ],
        [
          "gathering",
          "gathering"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In the sixth year of which [reign], the first cycle of Dionysius begins. — Bede, Chronica Minora",
          "text": "Huius sexto anno primus Dionisi circulus inchoat"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A calendrical cycle"
      ],
      "id": "en-circulus-la-noun-EakKKd1e",
      "links": [
        [
          "calendrical",
          "calendrical"
        ],
        [
          "cycle",
          "cycle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) A calendrical cycle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkir.ku.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɪrkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃir.ku.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃirkulus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "poetic",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "circlus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "circulus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -ulus",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Shapes"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "cerchio"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: cerchio\n→ Aromanian: tserclju",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: cerchio\n→ Aromanian: tserclju"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "circhiu",
            "3": "chirchiu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: circhiu, chirchiu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: circhiu, chirchiu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Lucca"
          },
          "expansion": "(Lucca)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tuscan: chiercio (Lucca)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "cercli"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: cercli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: cercli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "çèrcio"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: çèrcio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: çèrcio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "sercc"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: sercc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: sercc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "sercc"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: sercc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: sercc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "tschierchel"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: tschierchel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: tschierchel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "cercio",
            "3": "sercio",
            "4": "sércio"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: cercio, sercio, sércio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: cercio, sercio, sércio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Northern Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "cercllo"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: cercllo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: cercllo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "cercle"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: cercle\nFrench: cercle\nHaitian Creole: sèk\nNorman: cèrcl'ye (Jersey)\nWalloon: ceke\n→ Middle English: cercle, circle (Latin-influenced)\nEnglish: circle\nScots: circle",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: cercle\nFrench: cercle\nHaitian Creole: sèk\nNorman: cèrcl'ye (Jersey)\nWalloon: ceke\n→ Middle English: cercle, circle (Latin-influenced)\nEnglish: circle\nScots: circle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Southern Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "cerclo"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: cerclo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: cerclo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "cercle",
            "3": "cèrcol"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: cercle, cèrcol",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: cercle, cèrcol"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "cercle",
            "3": "sercle",
            "4": "selcle"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: cercle, sercle, selcle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: cercle, sercle, selcle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "cercle",
            "3": "ceucle"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: cercle, ceucle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: cercle, ceucle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "chìlciu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: chìlciu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: chìlciu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ancient borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "qarkull",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: qarkull",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: qarkull"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eu",
            "2": "curcuru",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Basque: curcuru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Basque: curcuru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Brythonic:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "br",
            "2": "kelc'h"
          },
          "expansion": "Breton: kelc'h",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Breton: kelc'h"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kw",
            "2": "kelgh"
          },
          "expansion": "Cornish: kelgh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cornish: kelgh"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "owl",
            "2": "circhl"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Welsh: circhl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Welsh: circhl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "cylch"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: cylch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: cylch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [],
      "text": ""
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ British isles:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "ċircul"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: ċircul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: ċircul"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "circul"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Irish: circul\nMiddle Irish: circul\nIrish: ciorcal\nManx: kiarkyl\nScottish Gaelic: cearcall",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Irish: circul\nMiddle Irish: circul\nIrish: ciorcal\nManx: kiarkyl\nScottish Gaelic: cearcall"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Germany and environs:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "sirkel"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: sirkel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: sirkel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "cirkel"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: cirkel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: cirkel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "cirkel"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: cirkel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: cirkel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Zirkel"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Zirkel\n→ Old Slovak: cirkeľ\nPannonian Rusyn: циркель (cirkelʹ)\n→ Polish: cyrkiel\n→ Russian: циркуль (cirkulʹ)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Zirkel\n→ Old Slovak: cirkeľ\nPannonian Rusyn: циркель (cirkelʹ)\n→ Polish: cyrkiel\n→ Russian: циркуль (cirkulʹ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "li",
            "2": "cirkel"
          },
          "expansion": "Limburgish: cirkel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Limburgish: cirkel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: sirkel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "cirkel"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: cirkel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: cirkel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Iberia:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "círculu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: círculu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: círculu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eu",
            "2": "zirkulu"
          },
          "expansion": "Basque: zirkulu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Basque: zirkulu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "círculo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: círculo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: círculo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "círculo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: círculo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: círculo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "círculo"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: círculo\n→ Catalan: círcol",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: círculo\n→ Catalan: círcol"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Italy and environs:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "circol"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: circol",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: circol"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "circul"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: circul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: circul"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "circolo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: circolo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: circolo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "circul"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: circul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: circul"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "círculu",
            "3": "tzírculu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: círculu, tzírculu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: círculu, tzírculu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "circus",
        "3": "-ulus"
      },
      "expansion": "circus + -ulus",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From circus + -ulus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "circulī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "circulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "circulus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "circulus m (genitive circulī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "circulus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "circā"
    },
    {
      "word": "circiter"
    },
    {
      "word": "circulō"
    },
    {
      "word": "circulor"
    },
    {
      "word": "circum"
    },
    {
      "word": "circus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A circle (geometric figure)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "circle",
          "circle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An orbit (circular path)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "orbit",
          "orbit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A ring, hoop"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ring",
          "ring"
        ],
        [
          "hoop",
          "hoop"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A necklace, chain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "necklace",
          "necklace"
        ],
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A company, social gathering, group"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "company",
          "company"
        ],
        [
          "gathering",
          "gathering"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Medieval Latin"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In the sixth year of which [reign], the first cycle of Dionysius begins. — Bede, Chronica Minora",
          "text": "Huius sexto anno primus Dionisi circulus inchoat"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A calendrical cycle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "calendrical",
          "calendrical"
        ],
        [
          "cycle",
          "cycle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) A calendrical cycle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkir.ku.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɪrkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃir.ku.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃirkulus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "poetic",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "circlus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "circulus"
}

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