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                    "description": "circŭlus | circlus (noun M) : (contr. , like vinclum = vinculum, Verg. G. 3, 166) [kindred with κίρκος, κύκλος, circinus]\n* A circular figure, a circle: circulus aut orbis, qui κύκλος Graece dicitur, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47: muri exterior,Liv. 36, 9, 12: circulus ad speciem caelestis arcūs orbem solis ambiit,Suet. Aug. 95.\n* Esp.\n* Meton.\n* Trop., of time: mensis artiore praecingitur circulo,Sen. Ep. 12, 6.\n* Any circular body; a ring, necklace, hoop, chain, Verg. A. 5, 559; 10, 138; id. G. 3, 166; Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 132; Suet. Aug 80.\n* A circle or company for social intercourse (very freq.): in conviviis rodunt, in circulis vellicant,Cic. Balb. 26, 57; so with convivia also,Liv. 32, 20, 3; 34, 61, 5; 44, 22, 8; Domit. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 105; Tac. A. 3, 54; Nep. Epam. 3, 3; Mart. 2, 86, 11; 10, 62, 5: cir culos aliquos et sessiunculas consectarl,Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 56 per fora et circulos locuti sunt, Tac Agr 43; cf Quint. 12, 10, 74: quemcumque patrem familias arripuissetis ex aliquo circulo,Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 159; 1, 38, 174: de circulo se subducere,to withdraw from the assembly,id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 1; Quint. 2, 12 10; cf.: densa circumstantium corona latissimum judicium multiplici circulo ambibat,Plin. Ep 6, 33, 3."
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