circius

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

circĭus: (cercĭus, Cato ap. Gell. 2, 22, 28 sq.), ii, m. perh. from circus, on account of its circular motion, but said to be a Gallic word,
I a violent wind blowing in Gallia Narbonensis; to the Romans, a west-northwest wind, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121; Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 5, Vitr. 1, 6, 10; Suet. Claud. 17; Favorin. ap. Gell. 2, 22, 20 sq.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) circĭus,¹⁶ ĭī, m., Suet. Claud. 17, 2, et cercĭus, ĭī, m., Cat. d. Gell. 2, 22, 22, vent du Nord-Ouest dans la Narbonnaise, le cers.

Latin > German (Georges)

circius, ī, m., ein bes. dem narbon. Gallien eigener heftiger Wind, den Römern Nordwest-Drittel-Westwind, Sen. nat. qu. 5, 17, 5. Plin. 2, 121 u. 17, 21. Suet. Claud. 17, 2. Favor. bei Gell. 2, 22, 20. Apul. de mund. 14 in. Ven. Fort. vit. s. Mart. 2, 78: thrascias sive circius, Veget. mil. 4, 38. p. 155, 5 L. – bei Cato origg. 7 fr. 5 (bei Gell. 2, 22, 29 u. Apul. de mund. 14 extr.) cercius gen.; bei Vitr. 1, 6, 10 circias (griech. κερκίας) nach Roses Vermutung.

Latin > English

circius circii N M :: wind between north and west; WNW wind (L+S); (in Gallia Narbonensis)