circes
Latin
Etymology 1
Perhaps from circumeō, or from circus or circen.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɪr.kɛs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃir.t͡ʃes]
Noun
circes m (genitive circitis); third declension
- circle
- (specifically) the circumference of the Roman circus
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | circes | circitēs |
| genitive | circitis | circitum |
| dative | circitī | circitibus |
| accusative | circitem | circitēs |
| ablative | circite | circitibus |
| vocative | circes | circitēs |
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
circēs
- second-person singular present active subjunctive of circō
References
- “circes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- circes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.