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1 ambitus
ambitus ūs, m [ambio], a going round, moving about, revolution: aquae per amoenos agros, H.: saeculorum, Ta.—Fig., of speech, circumlocution: circa unam rem ambitūs facere, L. —Meton., a circuit, circumference, border: castra lato ambitu, Ta.—In rhet., a period: verborum.— Esp., a suing for office, canvassing for votes (usu. by unlawful means): legem ambitūs flagitasti: accusare alqm ambitūs: ambitūs largitiones, N.* * *circuit, edge, extent; orbit, cycle; canvass, bribery; circumlocution; show -
2 amplexus
amplexus P. of amplector.* * *clasp, embrace, surrounding; sexual embrace; coil (snake); circumference -
3 amplexus
amplexus ūs, m [amplector], an encircling, surrounding, circuit: serpentis amplexu: exuit amplexūs, my embrace, O.: Occupat (serpens) longis amplexibus illos, O.: oceanus, qui orbem terrarum amplexu finit, L.—Esp., a loving embrace, caress: Cum dabit amplexūs, V.: alqm impedire amplexu, O.: tenere alqm amplexu, Ta.* * *clasp, embrace, surrounding; sexual embrace; coil (snake); circumference -
4 circlus
circlus see circulus.* * *circle; orbit, zone; ring, hoop; belt, collar; company; cycle; circumference -
5 circuitus
circuitus P. of circumeo.* * *going round; patrol/circuit; way/path round; circumference; outer surface/edge; revolution, spinning, rotation; (recurring) cycle; period; circumlocution -
6 circulus
circulus ī ( acc plur. circlos, V.), m dim. [circus], a circular figure, circle: qui ku/klos Graece dicitur: muri exterior, L.—Esp., in astronomy, a circular course, orbit: stellae circulos suos conficiunt: ubi circulus axem ambit, i. e. at the pole, O. —A circle, ring, necklace, hoop, chain: Flexilis obtorti auri, V.: crinīs subnectit auro, V. — A circle, company, social gathering: in circulis vellicant: in circulum, N.: circulos consectari: per circulos locuti sunt, Ta.: sermones serentium, L.* * *circle; orbit, zone; ring, hoop; belt, collar; company; cycle; circumference -
7 circumscrīptiō
circumscrīptiō ōnis, f [circumscribo], a boundary, circle, limit, outline, contour, circuit, compass: terrae: temporis. — In rhet., a period: verborum.—Fig., a deceiving, cheating, overreaching, defrauding: adulescentium: aperta.* * *circle, circumference; boundary; outline; cheating, fraud; periodic sentence -
8 circes
circle, ring; circuit, circumference of the circus -
9 circinatio
circular line/form; circular motion, revolution; circle, circumference (L+S) -
10 circuitio
rotation, revolution; rate of revolution; orbit; circumference; circumlocution; going round; patrol/rounds/visiting posts; passage/structure round (building) -
11 circumductus
Icircumducta, circumductum ADJlong-drawn-out, extendedIIperimeter, circumference, measurement around; motion in a circle, revolution -
12 circumferentia
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13 circumitio
going round; patrol, rounds; passage/structure around (building); rotation, revolution; rate of revolution; orbit; circumference; circumlocution -
14 circumitus
going round; patrol/circuit; way/path round; circumference; outer surface/edge; revolution, spinning, rotation; (recurring) cycle; period; circumlocution -
15 perimetros
perimeter; circumference -
16 peripheria
circumference; periphery -
17 rotundatio
rounding; circumference -
18 ambitus
1.ambītus, a, um, Part. of ambio.2.ambĭtus, ūs, m. [ambio].I.Lit. A going round, a moving round about, a revolution:II.cum se octo ambitus ad idem caput rettulerint,
Cic. Tim. 9:aquae per amoenos ambitus agros,
Hor. A. P. 17 (cf. ambio, II. A.):alligata mutuo ambitu (i. e. amplexu) corpora,
Petr. 132:ambitu breviore luna currit quam sol,
Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 86:saeculorum,
Tac. A. 6, 28:verborum (i. e. ambages),
Suet. Tib. 71.—Transf.A.Abstr. pro concr., a circuit, circle, circumference, periphery, edge of a circular object:B.ambitus parmae,
Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 4:folia ambitu serrato,
id. 25, 6, 30, § 66:castra lato ambitu,
Tac. A. 1, 61; 4, 49:ambitus lacus,
Suet. Claud. 21.— Trop., of discourse, periphrasis, circumlocution, = ambages:multos circa unam rem ambitus facere,
Liv. 27, 27.—Hence, the open space left round a house:ambitus est quod circumeundo teritur,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 22 Müll.:P. Scaevola id solum esse ambitus aedium dixerit, quo etc.,
Cic. Top. 4: ambitus proprie dicitur inter vicinorum aedificia locus duorum pedum et semipedis ad circumeundi facultatem relictus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 16 Müll. —Also, the small space around sepulchres, Dig. 47, 12, 5.—An unlawful striving for posts of honor, or canvassing for office; esp. by bribery (cf. ambitio, I.), prohibited by the Lex Calpurnia, Caecilia, Fabia, Julia, Licinia, Tullia de ambitu, against bribery, corruption, etc.:C.legem ambitus flagitāsti,
Cic. Mur. 23:punire ambitum,
id. ib. 32, 67; cf. Sall. C. 18, 2 Kritz:accusare aliquem ambitus,
Cic. Clu. 41:deferre nomen alicujus de ambitu,
id. Cael. 31:interrogare aliquem legibus ambitus,
Sall. C. 18, 2:damnatus ambitus,
Cic. Clu. 41:condemnare de ambitu,
Suet. Caes. 41 al.:effusae ambitus largitiones,
Nep. Att. 6.—In gen., the desire to make a display, ostentation, vanity, show, parade:D.relinque ambitum: tumida res est vana, ventosa,
Sen. Ep. 84:proprius quidam intellegendi ambitus,
Quint. 12, 10, 3.—Of speech, bombastic fulness, parade:imagine et ambitu rerum,
Quint. 10, 1, 16 Fr.; id. Decl. 4 fin. —In rhet., a period:comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum (si sic periodum appellari placet),
Cic. Brut. 44, 162; id. Or. 12; so id. ib. 50. -
19 circes
circĕs, itis, m. [circum-ire], a circle (ante- and post-class.): ut parvi circuli Anuli, sic magni dicebantur circites Ani, Varr L. L. 6, § 8 Müll.; Sid. Carm. 22, 222. —So of the circumference of the circus, Sid. Carm. 23, 381. -
20 circinatio
circĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. [circino] (lit. the describing of a circle; hence, concrete), 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.
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