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|lshtext=<b>circĭter</b>: adv. and prep. [[circus]].<br /><b>I</b> Adv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of [[place]], [[round]] [[about]], on [[every]] [[side]]: lapidem fuisse [[quadratum]] [[circiter]] (i. e. [[cubical]]) in mediā arcā vinctum candelis quaquaversum, Cass. Hem. ap. Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 85 (cf. the [[passage]] cited under [[circum]], I. A. 1., from Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 3).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of [[time]], designating [[nearness]] to a [[fixed]] [[point]], [[about]], [[near]] (cf. [[ante]], [[post]]): [[illic]] [[noster]] est [[fortasse]] [[circiter]] [[triennium]], Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 79: [[circiter]] duobus mensibus, Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 6: diebus [[circiter]] [[quindecim]] ad fines Belgarum pervenit, Caes. B. G. 2, 2: horā diei [[circiter]] quartā, id. ib. 4, 23: [[circiter]] horā decimā noctis, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 1: [[circiter]] luminibus accensis Uticam pervenit, Auct. B. Afr. 89 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Of [[number]], [[about]], [[near]], not [[far]] from: [[circiter]] quingentae [[species]], Varr. L. L. 6, 5, 61: [[circiter]] CCXX. naves eorum paratissimae, Caes. B. G. 3, 14: [[circiter]] milia hominum CXXX. superfuerunt, id. ib. 1, 26; 1, 27; 1, 31: [[circiter]] [[pars]] quarta, Sall. C. 56, 3: [[mons]] suberat [[circiter]] [[mille]] passuum, Caes. B. G. 1, 25: [[circiter]] duūm [[milium]] [[intervallo]], Sall. J. 106, 5: [[circiter]] parte tertiā (armorum) celatā et in [[oppido]] retentā, etc., Caes. B. G. 2, 32 fin.; 1, 25: ita [[dies]] [[circiter]] [[quindecim]] [[iter]] fecerunt, id. ib. 1, 15: hic [[locus]] ab hoste [[circiter]] [[passus]] sexcentos aberat, id. ib. 1, 49: ad [[flumen]] Rhenum milia passuum ex eo [[loco]] [[circiter]] [[quinque]] pervenerunt, id. ib. 1, 53: cum [[decem]] [[circiter]] milia ab hoste abessent, Liv. 28, 1, 7.—<br /><b>II</b> Prep. [[with]] acc. (orig. an adv. [[with]] acc. of [[time]] or of [[space]] traversed; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 71 sq.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of [[place]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): [[nisi]], ut [[opinor]], Loca haec [[circiter]] excidit mihi ([[cista]]), Plaut, Cist. 4, 2, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of [[time]], [[about]], [[near]]: redito huc [[circiter]] meridiem, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 52 Ritschl: [[circiter]] meridiem exercitum in [[castra]] deduxit, Caes. B. G. 1, 50: nos [[circiter]] Kalendas in Formiano erimus, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 6: [[circiter]] [[Idus]] Novembrīs in Italiā speramus [[fore]], id. Fam. 14, 5, 2: [[circiter]] [[Idus]] Maias, id. Att. 2, 17, 1: noctem, Auct. B. Afr. 89: mensem, Varr. R. R. 3, 8, 3; 2, 11, 7; Kalendas Junias, Sall. C. 17, 1: octavam [[circiter]] horam, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 47.!*? Circiter [[very]] [[rarely]] follows its [[case]]; v. Plaut. Cist. II. A. [[supra]].

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|georg=circiter, Adv. (v. [[circus]], [[woher]] [[auch]] [[circum]]), I) v. Orte: 1) [[rings]] [[umher]], [[auf]] [[jeder]] [[Seite]], [[lapis]] [[quadratus]] c. (würfelförmiger), Cass. [[Hemina]] b. Plin. 13, 85. – 2) in der [[Nähe]], [[als]] Präpos., [[ubi]] ([[cistella]]) sit [[nescio]], [[nisi]] ea, ut [[opinor]], [[loca]] [[circiter]] excidit [[haec]] mi, [[hier]] in der [[Nähe]], Plaut. cist. 677. – II) übtr.: A) v. der [[Zeit]], die [[Nähe]] [[bei]] einem bestimmten [[Zeitpunkt]] bezeichnend = um, [[ungefähr]], α) adv. beim Abl., c. meridie, Plaut.: c. duobus mensibus, Varr.: mediā c. [[nocte]], Caes.: quartā vigiliā c., Caes. – β) [[als]] Präpos. m. Acc., c. meridiem, Caes.: c. Kalendas, Cic.: c. [[Idus]] Novembres, Cic.: c. hordeaceam messem, Varr. – B) v. der [[Zahl]], [[ungefähr]], c. quingentae [[species]], Varr. LL.: c. CCXX naves eorum paratissimae, Caes.: c. parte tertiā celatā, Caes.: c. [[passus]] sescentos, Caes.

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