semicirculus

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sēmĭ-circŭlus: a, um, adj.,
I semicircular: ager, Col. 5, 2, 8.—Hence, subst.: sēmĭ-circŭlus, i, m., a half-circle, semicircle (syn. semiorbis): uncus in semicirculi speciem, Cels. 7, 26, 2: ager, i. e. semicircular, Col. 5, 2, 8.