circumstantia
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Latin > English
circumstantia circumstantiae N F :: encircling position/troop; closing of fluid round passing object; circumstance
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
circumstantĭa: ae, f. circumsto (post-Aug. and rare).
I A standing round, a surrounding: hostium, Gell. 3, 7, 5: aquae, aëris, Sen. Q. N. 2, 7, 2 (as transl. of the Gr. ἀντιπερίστασις).—*
B Concr., a surrounding circle, a band, troop: angelorum, Tert. Or. 3.—
II Trop., the state, condition, circumstances, attribute, quality: rerum negotiorumque, Gell. 14, 1, 15; 14, 2, 2; Tert. Bapt. 17: hoc genus argumentorum sane dicamus ex circumstantiā, quia περίστασιν dicere aliter non possumus, * Quint. 5, 10, 104.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
circumstantĭa, æ, f. (circumsto),
1 action d’entourer, d’être autour : Gell. 3, 7 ; Sen. Nat. 2, 7, 2
2 situation, circonstances : Gell. 14, 1, 14 || [rhét.] ex circumstantia (περίστασις), d’après les particularités de la cause : Quint. 5, 10, 104.
Latin > German (Georges)
circumstantia, ae, f. (circumsto), als Übersetzung von περίστασις, I) das Umherstehen, die Umgebung, hostium, Gell.: aquae, aëris, Sen. u. Oros. – meton., der umgebende Kreis, die umgebende Schar, angelorum, Tert. de orat. 3. – II) übtr., a) der Umstand, die Beschaffenheit, Gell. u. Eccl.: im Plur. b. Tert. de anim. 47. Boëth. de top. 4 in. Serv. Verg. Aen. 2, 384. – u. der Inbegriff der Umstände, dicamus ex circumstantia, Quint. 5, 10, 104. – b) die beengende Umgebung = Druck, Gefahr, Unglück, Tert. de ieiun. 9 u. ö.
