circum
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See also: circum-
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adverbial accusative of circus (“circle, ring”).
The accusative is from the adverbial derivation.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkir.kum/, [ˈkɪrkʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.kum/, [ˈt͡ʃirkum]
Adverb[edit]
circum (not comparable)
Preposition[edit]
circum (+ accusative)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “circum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN