circiter Latin · revision 8440

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la circus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkɪr.kɪ.tɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈt͡ʃir.t͡ʃi.ter]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''circiter''' (+ accusative)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[circus]] “ring” or [[circum]] “around” with the adverb suffix [[-ter]], like [[propter]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan's first source is Plautus, whom Köbler dates c. 250–184 BC.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of place.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adverb it meant round about, as in Hemina's “a stone square on every side”, and nearly, about, of time in Plautus and of amount in Varro.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) As a preposition it meant near, about, of place in Plautus and of time in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Aldhelm and Bede used it for approximately, as in “a boy of about three years”.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of amounts.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it as a preposition of time.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Round about.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Nearly, [[m|en|about]], approximately.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Preposition===

+ # (with accusative) Near, about (of place or time).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[circā]]

+ * [[circulāris]]

+ * [[circulātim]]

+ * [[circulātiō]]

+ * [[circulātor]]

+ * [[circulātōrius]]

+ * [[circulātrīx]]

+ * [[circulō]]

+ * [[circulor]]

+ * [[circulus]]

+ * [[circus]]

+ * [[circum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}