circius
κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κῶλον πάλιν → bend back along the second turn of the race, turning the bend and coming back for the second leg of the double run, run the homeward course, retrace one's steps
Latin > English
circius circii N M :: wind between north and west; WNW wind (L+S); (in Gallia Narbonensis)
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 > Chinese
circius, ii. m. :: 西北風
