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circŭĭtus | circŭmĭtus (noun M) : (, Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29; 2, 62, 155; 2, 19, 49; id. Rep. 1, 29, 45; Quint. 1, 10, 42 al.; cf. circumeo, and v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 737), , circumeo (class. in prose and poetry).
* A going round, a circling, revolving, a revolution: solis,Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49; cf. Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 86; Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12: nox et dies unum circumitum orbis efflcit,id. Univ. 9prope med.: Asiae Syriaeque circuitu Aegyptum petit,Suet. Aug. 17: mundi,Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11.
* In medic. lang., the periodical return of a disease, Cels. 3, 5; Ser. Samm. 95.—Far more freq.
* Meton.
* (Abstr. pro concr.). A circuit, compass, a way around: plurimum refert, cujus sit formae ille circuitus,Quint. 1, 10, 40; cf. id. 1, 10, 42; 1, 5, 26; Augur. ap. Gell. 13, 14, 1: collis, quem propter magnitudinem circuitus opere circumplecti non poterant,Caes. B. G. 7, 83: illi operibus vincebant, quod interiore spatio minorem circuitum habebant,id. B. C. 3, 44: XV milia passuum circuitu amplexus,id. ib.; so id B G. 1, 41; Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 54: brevi per mon tes circuitu praemissis, qui munirent viam,Liv. 34, 28, 2; 4, 27, 8; Curt. 3, 11, 19: qualis esset natura montis et qualis in circuitu ascensus,Caes. B. G. 1, 21; 2, 29; 2, 30: longo circuitu petere regiones,id. ib. 7, 45; Verg. A. 11, 767: saevaque circuitu curvantem bracchia longo, Ov M. 2, 82: circumitus Siciliae quid tibi novi ostenderit,Sen. Ep. 79, 1.
* Trop
* In rhet., a period: in toto circuitu illo orationis, quem Graeci περιοδον, nos tum ambitum, tum circuitum, tum comprehensionem, aut continuationem aut circumscriptionem dicimus, Cic. Or. 61, 204; cf. Quint 9, 4, 124: modo ne circuitus ipse verborum sit aut brevior quam aures exspectent, aut longior, etc.,Cic. de Or 3, 49, 191; 3, 51, 198; id. Or. 23, 78; Quint. 8, 6, 59; 11, 1, 6. —In plur.: oratio longiores habet saepe circuitus,Quint. 9, 4, 60.
* In the postAug. per., a circumlocution, periphrasis, a roundabout way in speech or action; an indirect procedure.
* Of speech, ea, quae proprie signari poterant, circuitu coeperint enuntiare, Quint. 12, 10, 16; 12, 10, 41; 5, 7, 16; 10, 1, 12: loqui per circuitus,Mart. 11, 15, 8.
* Of action: cur circuitu petis gloriam, quae ad manum posita est?Curt. 9, 3, 14: negavi circuitu agendum, sed plane jure civili dimicandum, Petr 13 fin.
* A going round, a circling, revolving, a revolution: solis,Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49; cf. Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 86; Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12: nox et dies unum circumitum orbis efflcit,id. Univ. 9prope med.: Asiae Syriaeque circuitu Aegyptum petit,Suet. Aug. 17: mundi,Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11.
* In medic. lang., the periodical return of a disease, Cels. 3, 5; Ser. Samm. 95.—Far more freq.
* Meton.
* (Abstr. pro concr.). A circuit, compass, a way around: plurimum refert, cujus sit formae ille circuitus,Quint. 1, 10, 40; cf. id. 1, 10, 42; 1, 5, 26; Augur. ap. Gell. 13, 14, 1: collis, quem propter magnitudinem circuitus opere circumplecti non poterant,Caes. B. G. 7, 83: illi operibus vincebant, quod interiore spatio minorem circuitum habebant,id. B. C. 3, 44: XV milia passuum circuitu amplexus,id. ib.; so id B G. 1, 41; Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 54: brevi per mon tes circuitu praemissis, qui munirent viam,Liv. 34, 28, 2; 4, 27, 8; Curt. 3, 11, 19: qualis esset natura montis et qualis in circuitu ascensus,Caes. B. G. 1, 21; 2, 29; 2, 30: longo circuitu petere regiones,id. ib. 7, 45; Verg. A. 11, 767: saevaque circuitu curvantem bracchia longo, Ov M. 2, 82: circumitus Siciliae quid tibi novi ostenderit,Sen. Ep. 79, 1.
* Trop
* In rhet., a period: in toto circuitu illo orationis, quem Graeci περιοδον, nos tum ambitum, tum circuitum, tum comprehensionem, aut continuationem aut circumscriptionem dicimus, Cic. Or. 61, 204; cf. Quint 9, 4, 124: modo ne circuitus ipse verborum sit aut brevior quam aures exspectent, aut longior, etc.,Cic. de Or 3, 49, 191; 3, 51, 198; id. Or. 23, 78; Quint. 8, 6, 59; 11, 1, 6. —In plur.: oratio longiores habet saepe circuitus,Quint. 9, 4, 60.
* In the postAug. per., a circumlocution, periphrasis, a roundabout way in speech or action; an indirect procedure.
* Of speech, ea, quae proprie signari poterant, circuitu coeperint enuntiare, Quint. 12, 10, 16; 12, 10, 41; 5, 7, 16; 10, 1, 12: loqui per circuitus,Mart. 11, 15, 8.
* Of action: cur circuitu petis gloriam, quae ad manum posita est?Curt. 9, 3, 14: negavi circuitu agendum, sed plane jure civili dimicandum, Petr 13 fin.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
circŭĭtus, a, um, Part., from circumeo.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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