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|lshtext=<b>circus</b>: i, m., = [[κίρκος]] [kindr. [[with]] [[κρίκος]]; Dor. [[κίρκος]], and [[κορώνη]]; cf.: [[κυλινδέω]], [[κυλλός]], [[cirrus]], [[curvus]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[circular]] [[line]], [[circle]], in astronomy ([[less]] freq. [[than]] [[circulus]]): [[quot]] [[luna]] [[circos]] [[annuo]] in cursu institit, Att. ap. Non. p. 20, 28: [[circus]] [[lacteus]], the Milky Way, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15, 2; cf.: [[candens]] [[circus]], Lacteus hic notatur, Cic. Arat. 248 (492): illum incolunt locum ... erat [[autem]] is splendidissimo candore [[inter]] flammas [[circus]] elucens, id. Rep. 6, 16, 16 B. and K.: [[globus]] et circi zonaeque ac fulgida signa, Mart. Cap. 6, § 583.—<br /><b>II</b> Circus Maximus, and [[more]] freq. κατ ἐξοχήν Circus, the [[oval]] [[circus]] built by [[Tarquinius]] [[Priscus]] [[between]] the Palatine and Aventine hills, [[which]] could [[contain]] [[more]] [[than]] one [[hundred]] [[thousand]] spectators. It [[was]] surrounded by galleries [[three]] stories [[high]], and a [[canal]] called [[Euripus]]. Through its [[whole]] [[length]], in the [[middle]], a [[wall]] [[four]] feet [[high]] and [[about]] [[twelve]] [[broad]] [[was]] built, called [[spina]], at the ends of [[which]] [[there]] were [[three]] columns [[upon]] one [[base]] ([[meta]]), [[around]] [[which]] the combatants were required to [[pass]] [[seven]] times [[before]] the [[prize]] [[was]] awarded. In the [[middle]] of the [[spina]], Cæsar erected the obelisk, 132 feet [[high]], brought from [[Egypt]]; cf. [[Dion]]. Hal. 3, 68; Dict. Antiq. p. 252 sqq.; Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 467 sq.—Passages [[with]] Circus Maximus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 13, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154; Vitr. 3, 3, 5; Liv. 1, 35, 8 sqq.; Ov. F. 2, 392; Plin. 30, 15, 24, § 102; Suet. Ner. 25; 27; Gell. 5, 14, 5 al.— Circus [[Magnus]], Ov. F. 6, 477; Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71.—Most freq. [[only]] Circus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38; id. Mur. 34, 72 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 43, 110; Liv. 1, 36, 2; 42, 10, 5; Tac. H. 1, 4; Quint. 1, 6, 45; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Aug. 43; 74; id. Calig. 18 et saep.—In or [[around]] the Circus [[many]] jugglers and soothsayers, etc., stationed [[themselves]]; [[hence]], Circus [[fallax]], Hor. S. 1, 6, 113; Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Suet. Aug. 74: Circus [[clamosus]], Mart. 10, 53, 1; cf. Juv. 3, 65. —Besides the Circus Maximus, [[there]] were at [[Rome]] [[still]] [[other]] Circi, [[among]] [[which]] the [[most]] [[celebrated]] [[was]] the Circus [[Flaminius]] in the [[ninth]] [[region]], Varr. L. L. 5, § 154; Cic. Att. 1, 14, 1; id. Planc. 23, 55; id. Sest. 14, 33; Liv. 27, 21, 1; 28, 11, 4; Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13; called [[only]] Circus, Ov. F. 6, 205; 6, 209; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 598; and the Circus [[Vaticanus]], begun by Caligula and [[finished]] by [[Nero]], Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201: in Vaticani Gai et Neronis principuus [[circo]], id. 36, 11, 15, § 74.—Also, [[without]] the walls of [[Rome]], Circus [[maritimus]], Liv. 9, 42, 11.—<br /> <b>B</b> Hence, [[Circensis]], e, adj., pertaining to the Circus: ludi, the contesls in the Circus Maximus, also called ludi magni (Liv. 4, 27, 2; 5, 19, 6; 22, 9, 10 al.; cf. Baumg.Crus. ad Suet. Aug. 23), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33; Suet. Ner. 7; 11: ludicrum, the [[same]], Liv. 44, 9, 3.—Hence, [[Circensis]] [[pompa]], Suet. Claud. 11.—Also absol.: Circenses, ium, m. (sc. ludi; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 458): edere, Suet. Caes. 39; id. Calig. 18: committere, id. Claud. 21: spectare, id. Aug. 45: Circensium [[die]], id. Dom. 4: plebeii, [[prepared]] by the ediles [[annually]] in [[November]], id. Tib. 26.—<br /> <b>2</b> Transf., [[any]] [[race]]-[[course]], Verg. A. 5, 109; 5, 289; 5, 551; Sil. 16, 313; 16, 323; Stat. Th. 6, 247.—<br /> <b>b</b> | |lshtext=<b>circus</b>: i, m., = [[κίρκος]] [kindr. [[with]] [[κρίκος]]; Dor. [[κίρκος]], and [[κορώνη]]; cf.: [[κυλινδέω]], [[κυλλός]], [[cirrus]], [[curvus]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[circular]] [[line]], [[circle]], in astronomy ([[less]] freq. [[than]] [[circulus]]): [[quot]] [[luna]] [[circos]] [[annuo]] in cursu institit, Att. ap. Non. p. 20, 28: [[circus]] [[lacteus]], the Milky Way, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15, 2; cf.: [[candens]] [[circus]], Lacteus hic notatur, Cic. Arat. 248 (492): illum incolunt locum ... erat [[autem]] is splendidissimo candore [[inter]] flammas [[circus]] elucens, id. Rep. 6, 16, 16 B. and K.: [[globus]] et circi zonaeque ac fulgida signa, Mart. Cap. 6, § 583.—<br /><b>II</b> Circus Maximus, and [[more]] freq. κατ ἐξοχήν Circus, the [[oval]] [[circus]] built by [[Tarquinius]] [[Priscus]] [[between]] the Palatine and Aventine hills, [[which]] could [[contain]] [[more]] [[than]] one [[hundred]] [[thousand]] spectators. It [[was]] surrounded by galleries [[three]] stories [[high]], and a [[canal]] called [[Euripus]]. Through its [[whole]] [[length]], in the [[middle]], a [[wall]] [[four]] feet [[high]] and [[about]] [[twelve]] [[broad]] [[was]] built, called [[spina]], at the ends of [[which]] [[there]] were [[three]] columns [[upon]] one [[base]] ([[meta]]), [[around]] [[which]] the combatants were required to [[pass]] [[seven]] times [[before]] the [[prize]] [[was]] awarded. In the [[middle]] of the [[spina]], Cæsar erected the obelisk, 132 feet [[high]], brought from [[Egypt]]; cf. [[Dion]]. Hal. 3, 68; Dict. Antiq. p. 252 sqq.; Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 467 sq.—Passages [[with]] Circus Maximus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 13, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154; Vitr. 3, 3, 5; Liv. 1, 35, 8 sqq.; Ov. F. 2, 392; Plin. 30, 15, 24, § 102; Suet. Ner. 25; 27; Gell. 5, 14, 5 al.— Circus [[Magnus]], Ov. F. 6, 477; Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71.—Most freq. [[only]] Circus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38; id. Mur. 34, 72 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 43, 110; Liv. 1, 36, 2; 42, 10, 5; Tac. H. 1, 4; Quint. 1, 6, 45; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Aug. 43; 74; id. Calig. 18 et saep.—In or [[around]] the Circus [[many]] jugglers and soothsayers, etc., stationed [[themselves]]; [[hence]], Circus [[fallax]], Hor. S. 1, 6, 113; Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Suet. Aug. 74: Circus [[clamosus]], Mart. 10, 53, 1; cf. Juv. 3, 65. —Besides the Circus Maximus, [[there]] were at [[Rome]] [[still]] [[other]] Circi, [[among]] [[which]] the [[most]] [[celebrated]] [[was]] the Circus [[Flaminius]] in the [[ninth]] [[region]], Varr. L. L. 5, § 154; Cic. Att. 1, 14, 1; id. Planc. 23, 55; id. Sest. 14, 33; Liv. 27, 21, 1; 28, 11, 4; Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13; called [[only]] Circus, Ov. F. 6, 205; 6, 209; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 598; and the Circus [[Vaticanus]], begun by Caligula and [[finished]] by [[Nero]], Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201: in Vaticani Gai et Neronis principuus [[circo]], id. 36, 11, 15, § 74.—Also, [[without]] the walls of [[Rome]], Circus [[maritimus]], Liv. 9, 42, 11.—<br /> <b>B</b> Hence, [[Circensis]], e, adj., pertaining to the Circus: ludi, the contesls in the Circus Maximus, also called ludi magni (Liv. 4, 27, 2; 5, 19, 6; 22, 9, 10 al.; cf. Baumg.Crus. ad Suet. Aug. 23), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33; Suet. Ner. 7; 11: ludicrum, the [[same]], Liv. 44, 9, 3.—Hence, [[Circensis]] [[pompa]], Suet. Claud. 11.—Also absol.: Circenses, ium, m. (sc. ludi; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 458): edere, Suet. Caes. 39; id. Calig. 18: committere, id. Claud. 21: spectare, id. Aug. 45: Circensium [[die]], id. Dom. 4: plebeii, [[prepared]] by the ediles [[annually]] in [[November]], id. Tib. 26.—<br /> <b>2</b> Transf., [[any]] [[race]]-[[course]], Verg. A. 5, 109; 5, 289; 5, 551; Sil. 16, 313; 16, 323; Stat. Th. 6, 247.—<br /> <b>b</b> Meton., the spectators in the [[circus]], Sil. 16, 535. | ||
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|gf=<b>circus</b>,⁹ ī, m. ([[κίρκος]]),<br /><b>1</b> cercle : Cic. Arat. 34, 248 ; Nat. 2, 44<br /><b>2</b> cirque, [en part.] le grand cirque à Rome : [[tunc]] [[primum]] [[circo]], qui [[nunc]] [[maximus]] dicitur, [[designatus]] [[locus]] [[est]] Liv. 1, 35, 8, c’[[est]] alors qu’on fixa l’emplacement du cirque, appelé de [[nos]] jours le grand cirque, cf. Cic. Phil. 2, 110 ; Mil. 65 || [fig.] les spectateurs du cirque : Juv. 9, 144. | |gf=<b>circus</b>,⁹ ī, m. ([[κίρκος]]),<br /><b>1</b> cercle : Cic. Arat. 34, 248 ; Nat. 2, 44<br /><b>2</b> cirque, [en part.] le grand cirque à Rome : [[tunc]] [[primum]] [[circo]], qui [[nunc]] [[maximus]] dicitur, [[designatus]] [[locus]] [[est]] Liv. 1, 35, 8, c’[[est]] alors qu’on fixa l’emplacement du cirque, appelé de [[nos]] jours le grand cirque, cf. Cic. Phil. 2, 110 ; Mil. 65 || [fig.] les spectateurs du cirque : Juv. 9, 144.||[fig.] les spectateurs du cirque : Juv. 9, 144. | ||
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|georg=circus, ī, m. ([[κίρκος]]), I) die [[Kreislinie]], der [[Kreis]] in der [[Astronomie]], c. [[lacteus]], die [[Milchstraße]], Macr. somn. Scip. 1, 15, 2: u. dass. c. [[candens]], Cic. Arat. 248: [[globus]] et circi zonaeque, Mart. Cap. 6. § 583. – II) = ἱπποδρομος, die [[Rennbahn]], [[für]] [[Roß]] und [[Wagen]], der [[Zirkus]], A) in [[oder]] [[bei]] Rom: 1) [[circus]] māximus, u. gew. κατ' εξ. bl. [[circus]], die im Tale [[Murcia]] [[zwischen]] dem Palatin u. Aventin, wo [[schon]] in der Königszeit Spiele stattfanden, u. [[unter]] den Tarquiniern [[zeitweilig]] Schaubühnen, 329 hölzerne carceres errichtet waren, [[von]] Cäsar erbaute [[Rennbahn]]. Der [[circus]] max. faßte [[höchstens]] 60000 [[Zuschauer]], [[selbst]] [[nach]] den Umbauten u. Vergrößerungen [[durch]] Trajan u. Konstantin [[nur]] 190000, [[wie]] Hülsen ermittelte, u. wird [[noch]] im 6. [[Jahrhundert]] n. Chr. erwähnt. Er war [[von]] einem [[auf]] [[einer]] [[Mauer]] ruhenden [[podium]] [[für]] die [[Zuschauer]] ersten Ranges ([[über]] dem [[sich]] [[noch]] [[ein]] [[Stockwerk]] [[für]] die [[Zuschauer]] zweiten Ranges und [[darüber]] [[ein]] langer offener [[Säulengang]] [[für]] das [[niedere]] [[Volk]] befand) u. einem 3 m [[breiten]] Wassergraben ([[euripus]]) [[umgeben]]. Eine [[gegen]] 2 m hohe und [[gegen]] 7 m breite [[Mauer]] ([[spina]]), an deren beiden Enden je [[drei]] [[auf]] einem Fußgestelle ruhende Spitzsäulen ([[meta]]) in [[einer]] [[Entfernung]] [[von]] [[etwa]] 3 m standen, lief in [[etwas]] schiefer [[Linie]] in der [[Mitte]] [[des]] [[Zirkus]] der [[Länge]] [[nach]] [[hin]]; um die [[Mauer]], und [[zwar]] an den Enden [[außerhalb]] der [[meta]], mußten die Wettfahrenden [[siebenmal]] [[herumfahren]]. Die [[Breite]] [[des]] c. m. betrug 150 m, die Bahnlänge 590 m, der Gesamtumfang 1480 m, Liv. 1, 35, 8 sqq. Cic. II. Verr. 1, 154. Suet. Ner. 25, 2: bl. [[circus]], Liv. 8, 20, 2. Cic. Mur. 72 u. 73. Iuven. 10, 37 u. s. – 2) [[circus]] Flāminius, zur [[Abhaltung]] der ludi plebeii u. [[Taurii]] i. J. 221 v. Chr. vom [[Konsul]] C. [[Flaminius]] am [[Ausgang]] der [[via]] Flaminia erbaut, Cic. ad Att. 1, 14, 1 u.a. Liv. 27, 21, 1, [[mit]] einem [[Altar]] [[des]] Neptun, Liv. 28, 11, 4: bl. [[circus]] [[gen]]., Ov. [[fast]]. 6, 205 u. 209. – Außerdem [[noch]] [[fünf]] od. 6 [[andere]] circi; vgl. Hülsen in Pauly-Wissowa Realenzykl. III, 2581 ff. – / Die röm. circi, namentl. der [[circus]] [[maximus]], waren die besuchtesten u. glänzendsten Sammelplätze der röm. [[Welt]]. Im [[circus]] kamen die jungen [[Römer]] [[mit]] ihren Schönen [[ungestört]] [[zusammen]], Ov. art. am. 1, 136 sqq.; im [[circus]] und in den an der [[äußern]] [[Seite]] [[des]] [[circus]] [[maximus]] angebrachten einstöckigen Säulenhallen, die [[sehr]] feuergefährlich waren, trieben Wahrsager, [[Gaukler]] u. dgl. [[ihr]] [[Wesen]], Cic. de div. 1, 132. Suet. Aug. 74; dah. c. [[fallax]], Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 6, 113: hatten [[Verkäufer]] ihre Buden, dah. c. [[clamosus]], Mart. 10, 53, 1, u. feile Dirnen [[besondere]] Räume, Iuven. 3, 65. Vgl. Friedländer, Sittengesch. Roms<sup>8</sup>. Bd. 2. S. 313 f. u. S. 325 f. – B) in verschiedenen Gegenden Italiens u. der Provinzen, Amm. 14, 5, 1. Augustin. conf. 8, 6. – [[circus]] [[auch]] gebr. [[von]] andern zum feierlichen [[Wettrennen]] angelegten Rennbahnen, [[wie]] die [[des]] Äneas in Sizilien, Verg. Aen. 5, 109; 551: [[des]] Önomaus in [[Pisa]] (in [[Elis]]), Stat. Theb. 6, 247: [[des]] [[Scipio]] in Hispanien, Sil. 16, 313 u. 323; u. meton., der »[[Zirkus]]« = die [[Zuschauer]] im [[Zirkus]], Sil. 16, 535. | |||
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Latest revision as of 09:47, 7 October 2024
Latin > English
circus circi N M :: race course; circus in Rome, celebration of games; circle; orbit
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
circus: i, m., = κίρκος [kindr. with κρίκος; Dor. κίρκος, and κορώνη; cf.: κυλινδέω, κυλλός, cirrus, curvus.
I A circular line, circle, in astronomy (less freq. than circulus): quot luna circos annuo in cursu institit, Att. ap. Non. p. 20, 28: circus lacteus, the Milky Way, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15, 2; cf.: candens circus, Lacteus hic notatur, Cic. Arat. 248 (492): illum incolunt locum ... erat autem is splendidissimo candore inter flammas circus elucens, id. Rep. 6, 16, 16 B. and K.: globus et circi zonaeque ac fulgida signa, Mart. Cap. 6, § 583.—
II Circus Maximus, and more freq. κατ ἐξοχήν Circus, the oval circus built by Tarquinius Priscus between the Palatine and Aventine hills, which could contain more than one hundred thousand spectators. It was surrounded by galleries three stories high, and a canal called Euripus. Through its whole length, in the middle, a wall four feet high and about twelve broad was built, called spina, at the ends of which there were three columns upon one base (meta), around which the combatants were required to pass seven times before the prize was awarded. In the middle of the spina, Cæsar erected the obelisk, 132 feet high, brought from Egypt; cf. Dion. Hal. 3, 68; Dict. Antiq. p. 252 sqq.; Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 467 sq.—Passages with Circus Maximus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 13, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154; Vitr. 3, 3, 5; Liv. 1, 35, 8 sqq.; Ov. F. 2, 392; Plin. 30, 15, 24, § 102; Suet. Ner. 25; 27; Gell. 5, 14, 5 al.— Circus Magnus, Ov. F. 6, 477; Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71.—Most freq. only Circus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38; id. Mur. 34, 72 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 43, 110; Liv. 1, 36, 2; 42, 10, 5; Tac. H. 1, 4; Quint. 1, 6, 45; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Aug. 43; 74; id. Calig. 18 et saep.—In or around the Circus many jugglers and soothsayers, etc., stationed themselves; hence, Circus fallax, Hor. S. 1, 6, 113; Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Suet. Aug. 74: Circus clamosus, Mart. 10, 53, 1; cf. Juv. 3, 65. —Besides the Circus Maximus, there were at Rome still other Circi, among which the most celebrated was the Circus Flaminius in the ninth region, Varr. L. L. 5, § 154; Cic. Att. 1, 14, 1; id. Planc. 23, 55; id. Sest. 14, 33; Liv. 27, 21, 1; 28, 11, 4; Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13; called only Circus, Ov. F. 6, 205; 6, 209; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 598; and the Circus Vaticanus, begun by Caligula and finished by Nero, Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201: in Vaticani Gai et Neronis principuus circo, id. 36, 11, 15, § 74.—Also, without the walls of Rome, Circus maritimus, Liv. 9, 42, 11.—
B Hence, Circensis, e, adj., pertaining to the Circus: ludi, the contesls in the Circus Maximus, also called ludi magni (Liv. 4, 27, 2; 5, 19, 6; 22, 9, 10 al.; cf. Baumg.Crus. ad Suet. Aug. 23), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33; Suet. Ner. 7; 11: ludicrum, the same, Liv. 44, 9, 3.—Hence, Circensis pompa, Suet. Claud. 11.—Also absol.: Circenses, ium, m. (sc. ludi; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 458): edere, Suet. Caes. 39; id. Calig. 18: committere, id. Claud. 21: spectare, id. Aug. 45: Circensium die, id. Dom. 4: plebeii, prepared by the ediles annually in November, id. Tib. 26.—
2 Transf., any race-course, Verg. A. 5, 109; 5, 289; 5, 551; Sil. 16, 313; 16, 323; Stat. Th. 6, 247.—
b Meton., the spectators in the circus, Sil. 16, 535.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
circus,⁹ ī, m. (κίρκος),
1 cercle : Cic. Arat. 34, 248 ; Nat. 2, 44
2 cirque, [en part.] le grand cirque à Rome : tunc primum circo, qui nunc maximus dicitur, designatus locus est Liv. 1, 35, 8, c’est alors qu’on fixa l’emplacement du cirque, appelé de nos jours le grand cirque, cf. Cic. Phil. 2, 110 ; Mil. 65 || [fig.] les spectateurs du cirque : Juv. 9, 144.
Latin > German (Georges)
circus, ī, m. (κίρκος), I) die Kreislinie, der Kreis in der Astronomie, c. lacteus, die Milchstraße, Macr. somn. Scip. 1, 15, 2: u. dass. c. candens, Cic. Arat. 248: globus et circi zonaeque, Mart. Cap. 6. § 583. – II) = ἱπποδρομος, die Rennbahn, für Roß und Wagen, der Zirkus, A) in oder bei Rom: 1) circus māximus, u. gew. κατ' εξ. bl. circus, die im Tale Murcia zwischen dem Palatin u. Aventin, wo schon in der Königszeit Spiele stattfanden, u. unter den Tarquiniern zeitweilig Schaubühnen, 329 hölzerne carceres errichtet waren, von Cäsar erbaute Rennbahn. Der circus max. faßte höchstens 60000 Zuschauer, selbst nach den Umbauten u. Vergrößerungen durch Trajan u. Konstantin nur 190000, wie Hülsen ermittelte, u. wird noch im 6. Jahrhundert n. Chr. erwähnt. Er war von einem auf einer Mauer ruhenden podium für die Zuschauer ersten Ranges (über dem sich noch ein Stockwerk für die Zuschauer zweiten Ranges und darüber ein langer offener Säulengang für das niedere Volk befand) u. einem 3 m breiten Wassergraben (euripus) umgeben. Eine gegen 2 m hohe und gegen 7 m breite Mauer (spina), an deren beiden Enden je drei auf einem Fußgestelle ruhende Spitzsäulen (meta) in einer Entfernung von etwa 3 m standen, lief in etwas schiefer Linie in der Mitte des Zirkus der Länge nach hin; um die Mauer, und zwar an den Enden außerhalb der meta, mußten die Wettfahrenden siebenmal herumfahren. Die Breite des c. m. betrug 150 m, die Bahnlänge 590 m, der Gesamtumfang 1480 m, Liv. 1, 35, 8 sqq. Cic. II. Verr. 1, 154. Suet. Ner. 25, 2: bl. circus, Liv. 8, 20, 2. Cic. Mur. 72 u. 73. Iuven. 10, 37 u. s. – 2) circus Flāminius, zur Abhaltung der ludi plebeii u. Taurii i. J. 221 v. Chr. vom Konsul C. Flaminius am Ausgang der via Flaminia erbaut, Cic. ad Att. 1, 14, 1 u.a. Liv. 27, 21, 1, mit einem Altar des Neptun, Liv. 28, 11, 4: bl. circus gen., Ov. fast. 6, 205 u. 209. – Außerdem noch fünf od. 6 andere circi; vgl. Hülsen in Pauly-Wissowa Realenzykl. III, 2581 ff. – / Die röm. circi, namentl. der circus maximus, waren die besuchtesten u. glänzendsten Sammelplätze der röm. Welt. Im circus kamen die jungen Römer mit ihren Schönen ungestört zusammen, Ov. art. am. 1, 136 sqq.; im circus und in den an der äußern Seite des circus maximus angebrachten einstöckigen Säulenhallen, die sehr feuergefährlich waren, trieben Wahrsager, Gaukler u. dgl. ihr Wesen, Cic. de div. 1, 132. Suet. Aug. 74; dah. c. fallax, Hor. sat. 1, 6, 113: hatten Verkäufer ihre Buden, dah. c. clamosus, Mart. 10, 53, 1, u. feile Dirnen besondere Räume, Iuven. 3, 65. Vgl. Friedländer, Sittengesch. Roms8. Bd. 2. S. 313 f. u. S. 325 f. – B) in verschiedenen Gegenden Italiens u. der Provinzen, Amm. 14, 5, 1. Augustin. conf. 8, 6. – circus auch gebr. von andern zum feierlichen Wettrennen angelegten Rennbahnen, wie die des Äneas in Sizilien, Verg. Aen. 5, 109; 551: des Önomaus in Pisa (in Elis), Stat. Theb. 6, 247: des Scipio in Hispanien, Sil. 16, 313 u. 323; u. meton., der »Zirkus« = die Zuschauer im Zirkus, Sil. 16, 535.
