circen

Latin

Etymology

Related to circus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkir.ken/, [ˈkɪrkɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.t͡ʃen/, [ˈt͡ʃirt͡ʃen]

Noun

circen n (genitive circinis); third declension

1. circle, circular course

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	circen	circina
genitive	circinis	circinum
dative	circinī	circinibus
accusative	circen	circina
ablative	circine	circinibus
vocative	circen	circina

Related terms

• circinus

Descendants

• Spanish: cercen, cércene

References

• “circen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• circen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.