circulo Latin · revision 9457

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''circulō''' (present infinitive circulāre, perfect active circulāvī, supine circulātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[circulus]] “small ring, circle” with the verb suffix [[-ō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cicero, of the deponent ''circulārī''.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As a deponent, ''circulor'', it meant to gather a ring of people round oneself, for talk or to give a performance, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012) The active, a post-classical collateral form, meant to make circular or curved, as in Apuleius' ''circulāre digitōs'' “to make a ring with one's fingers”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Its participle ''circulātus'' gave [[en|circulate]] in the 1540s, first a chemical term.^(Etymonline) It survives in Italian ''circolare'' and ''cerchiare'' and French ''circuler''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses ''circulārī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of rounding.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1540s – English ''circulate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make round or curved.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (deponent) To gather a group round oneself.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[circulus]]

+ * [[circus]]

+ * [[en|circulate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}