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circius

circius · m

a violent wind blowing in

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What it meant

circĭus — Lewis & Short

circĭus (cercĭus, Cato ap. ii, m.perh. from circus, on account of its circular motion, but said to be a Gallic word,

Gell. 2, 22, 28 sq.),

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.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. circius (scan p. 146; entry #2177).

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