circinatio
From LSJ
τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς → for it is better not to exist than to live in misery
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
circĭnātĭo: ōnis, f. circino (lit. the describing of a circle; hence, concrete),
I the circumference of a circle, a circle (a word of Vitr.): linea circinationis, Vitr. 1, 6, 6: circuli, id. 9, 7, 2; 3, 3; 10, 10 al.—Of the circular path of the planets, Vitr. 9, 4, pp. 264, 266 Bip.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
circĭnātĭō, ōnis, f. (circino), action de décrire un cercle, ou cercle décrit : Vitr. Arch. 9, 8 || mouvement orbiculaire d’un astre : Vitr. Arch. 9, 4.
