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hemicyclium

hemicyclium · n

a half-circle

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Where it lives

Laelius De Amicitia 1 · 1.07/10k
De Architectura 6 · 1.04/10k
Letters 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

hēmĭcyclium — Lewis & Short

hēmĭcyclium, ĭi, n., = h(miku/klion,

I a half-circle, semicircle, Vitr. 9, 8, 5; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 33.—

II In partic.

A A semicircular recess, with seats, Cic. Lael. 1, 2; Sid. Ep. 2, 2.—

B A semicircular public place furnished with rows of seats for learned discussions, Suet. Gramm. 17.—

C A semicircular kind of sundial, Vitr. 9, 8, 1.

In the wild

hemicyclio Pliny the Younger, Letters 5.6.33
hemicycli Vitruvius, De Architectura 5.7.1
Hemicyclium Vitruvius, De Architectura 9.8.1
hemicyclium Vitruvius, De Architectura 9.7.6
hemicyclia Vitruvius, De Architectura 9.7.5
hemicyclio Cicero, Laelius De Amicitia 2

6 of 8 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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