circĭus — Lewis & Short
a violent wind blowing in
The corpus record — Latin
circius
circius · m
a violent wind blowing in
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited Latin corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Helius 1 · 6.97/10k
- Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
- Noctes Atticae 5 · 0.45/10k
- Pharsalia 1 · 0.2/10k
- De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k
- Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k
- Naturalis Historia 4 · 0.1/10k
- Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k
Senses
Attestations
- Cercius Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 22.8.24
- circio Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1.12.p1
- circium Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 2.22.20
- circium Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 2.22.28
- cercium Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 2.22.28
- circium Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 2.22.28
6 of 15 attestations shown.
Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 146; entry #2177 Review: Under source audit
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