go+around

circus, i, m., = kirkos [kindr. with krikos; Dor. kirkos, and korônê; cf.: kulindeô, kullos, cirrus, curvus].

A circular line, circle, in astronomy (less freq. than circulus): quot luna circos annuo in cursu institit, Att. ap. Non. p. 20, 28:

circus lacteus,

the Milky Way, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15, 2; cf.:

candens circus, Lacteus hic notatur,

Cic. Arat. 248 (492):

illum incolunt locum... erat autem is splendidissimo candore inter flammas circus elucens,

id. Rep. 6, 16, 16 B. and K.:

globus et circi zonaeque ac fulgida signa,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 583.—

Circus Maximus, and more freq. kat exochên Circus, the oval circus built by Tarquinius Priscus between the Palatine and Aventine hills, which could contain more than one hundred thousand spectators. It was surrounded by galleries three stories high, and a canal called Euripus. Through its whole length, in the middle, a wall four feet high and about twelve broad was built, called spina, at the ends of which there were three columns upon one base (meta), around which the combatants were required to pass seven times before the prize was awarded. In the middle of the spina, Cæsar erected the obelisk, 132 feet high, brought from Egypt; cf. Dion. Hal. 3, 68; Dict. Antiq. p. 252 sqq.;

Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 467 sq.—Passages with Circus Maximus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 13, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154; Vitr. 3, 3, 5; Liv. 1, 35, 8 sqq.; Ov. F. 2, 392; Plin. 30, 15, 24, § 102; Suet. Ner. 25; 27; Gell. 5, 14, 5 al.—

Circus Magnus,

Ov. F. 6, 477; Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71.—Most freq. only Circus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38; id. Mur. 34, 72 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 43, 110; Liv. 1, 36, 2; 42, 10, 5; Tac. H. 1, 4; Quint. 1, 6, 45; Suet. Caes. 39; id. Aug. 43; 74; id. Calig. 18 et saep.—In or around the Circus many jugglers and soothsayers, etc., stationed themselves;

hence, Circus fallax,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 113; Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Suet. Aug. 74:

Circus clamosus,

Mart. 10, 53, 1; cf. Juv. 3, 65. —Besides the Circus Maximus, there were at Rome still other Circi, among which the most celebrated was the Circus Flaminius in the ninth region, Varr. L. L. 5, § 154; Cic. Att. 1, 14, 1; id. Planc. 23, 55; id. Sest. 14, 33; Liv. 27, 21, 1; 28, 11, 4; Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13;

called only Circus,

Ov. F. 6, 205; 6, 209; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 598;

and the Circus Vaticanus, begun by Caligula and finished by Nero,

Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201:

in Vaticani Gai et Neronis principuus circo,

id. 36, 11, 15, § 74.—Also, without the walls of Rome, Circus maritimus, Liv. 9, 42, 11.—

Hence, Circensis, e, adj., pertaining to the Circus: ludi, the contesls in the Circus Maximus, also called ludi magni (Liv. 4, 27, 2; 5, 19, 6; 22, 9, 10 al.; cf. Baumg.Crus. [p. 344] ad Suet. Aug. 23), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33; Suet. Ner. 7; 11:

ludicrum, the same,

Liv. 44, 9, 3.—Hence, Circensis pompa, Suet. Claud. 11.—Also absol.: Circenses, ium, m. (sc. ludi; cf.

Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 458): edere,

Suet. Caes. 39; id. Calig. 18:

committere,

id. Claud. 21:

spectare,

id. Aug. 45:

Circensium die,

id. Dom. 4:

plebeii, prepared by the ediles annually in November,

id. Tib. 26.—

Transf., any race-course, Verg. A. 5, 109; 5, 289; 5, 551; Sil. 16, 313; 16, 323; Stat. Th. 6, 247.—

Meton., the spectators in the circus, Sil. 16, 535.

gyro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [gyrus].

Act., to turn round in a circle, wheel round (post-Aug. and very rare).—

Lit.:

animal difficile se gyrabit,

Veg. Vet. 3, 5. —

To go around a thing:

omnes greges,

Vulg. Gen. 30, 32; id. Judith, 13, 12.—

Neutr., to turn around:

post tergum eorum,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 5, 23:

per viam,

id. Eccl. 1, 6:

per meridiem,

id. 1 Macc. 13, 20: Ambros. in Psa. 118; Serm. 12, § 20.—

Transf.: gyrātus, made in a circular form, rounded:

chlamys orbe gyrato laciniosa,

Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 62.

gyro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [gyrus].

Act., to turn round in a circle, wheel round (post-Aug. and very rare).—

Lit.:

animal difficile se gyrabit,

Veg. Vet. 3, 5. —

To go around a thing:

omnes greges,

Vulg. Gen. 30, 32; id. Judith, 13, 12.—

Neutr., to turn around:

post tergum eorum,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 5, 23:

per viam,

id. Eccl. 1, 6:

per meridiem,

id. 1 Macc. 13, 20: Ambros. in Psa. 118; Serm. 12, § 20.—

Transf.: gyrātus, made in a circular form, rounded:

chlamys orbe gyrato laciniosa,

Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 62.

lustro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. lustrum], to purify by means of a propitiatory offering (syn.: procuro, expio).

Lit.:

agrum lustrare sic oportet. Impera suovetaurilia circumagi, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 141:

in lustranda colonia ab eo, qui eam deduceret,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102:

ibi instructum exercitum omnem suovetaurilibus lustravit,

Liv. 1, 44; 40, 6:

tunc vitula innumeros lustrabat caesa juvencos,

Tib. 1, 1, 25 (31 Müll.):

aliquem taedis,

id. 1, 2, 61:

terque senem flammā, ter aquā, ter sulphure lustrat,

Ov. M. 7, 261; cf. Verg. A. 6, 231:

lustramurque Iovi votisque incendimus aras,

we purify ourselves, id. ib. 3, 279:

se centum lustrare ovis,

Juv. 6, 518:

lustrari,

id. 2, 157: non inveniatur in te, qui lustret filium tuum aut filiam tuam, nec divinus, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 1, 1.—

Transf., because, at the lustral sacrifice, the priest went around the person or object purified; hence,

To go around, encircle:

regem choreis,

Verg. A. 10, 224.—

To go round, wander over, traverse:

Pythagoras et Aegyptum lustravit et Persarum Magos adiit,

Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87: latitudinem lustrans signiferi orbis, id. N. D. 2, 20, 53; so id. Univ. 9:

et salis Ausonii lustrandum navibus aequor,

Verg. A. 3, 385:

pede barbaro Lustrata Rhodope,

Hor. C. 3, 25, 11:

lustrati montes,

Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 129:

nulla meis frustra lustrantur compita plantis,

Prop. 3, 15, 3:

lustravitque fuga mediam gladiator harenam,

Juv. 2, 14, 4:

spatium,

id. 6, 582.—

Military term, to review:

exercitum lustravi apud Iconium,

Cic. Att. 5, 20, 2; Hirt. B. G. 8, 52; cf.:

inclusas animas superumque ad lumen ituras Lustrabat,

Verg. A. 6, 681.—

To review, survey, observe, examine ( poet.):

et totum lustrabat lumine corpus,

Verg. A. 8, 153:

respicio et quae sit me circum copia lustro,

id. ib. 2, 564:

alicujus vestigia,

id. ib. 11, 763; Tac. A. 15, 26; Petr. Sat. 11; Sil. 15, 787.—

Trop., to review, consider:

omnia ratione animoque,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57.—

(Of the sun, moon, etc.) To illuminate, make bright:

postera Phoebeā lustrabat lampade terras Aurora,

Verg. A. 4, 6; 7, 148:

sol, obliquo terras et caelum lumine lustrans,

Lucr. 5, 693; 5, 79:

mundi magnum templum Sol et luna suo lustrantes lumine,

id. 5, 1437; 6, 737:

Sol, qui terrarum flammis opera omnia lustras,

Verg. A. 4, 607.

lustro, ōnis, m., i. q. vagus, wanderer, vagabond, Naev. in Lex. Vatic. tom. 8, p. 313; cf.

Klussman,

Naev. p. 232, and Com. Rel. v. 118 sq. Rib.

Maeōtae, ārum, m., = Maiôtai, a Scythian people on Lake Mæotis, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 88.—Hence,

Maeōtĭcus, a, um, adj., = Maiôtikos, of or belonging to Lake Mæotis, Mæotic:

palus,

Lake Mæotis, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:

glacies,

Juv. 4, 42:

pisces,

Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 146.— Plur. subst.: Mae-ōtĭci, ōrum, m., the people living around Lake Mæotis (for Maeotae), Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 19, 17; Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 19.—

Maeōtĭ-dae, ārum, m., Mæotic tribes, dwellers around Lake Mæotis, Vop. Aur. 16; id. Tac. 13.—

Maeōtis, ĭdis (dos and is), adj., f., = Maiôtis, Mæotic.— Transf., poet. for Scythian, Tauric, etc.:

ora,

of Lake Mæotis, Ov. P. 3, 2, 59:

hiems,

i. e. Scythian, id. Tr. 3, 12, 2:

ara,

i. e. Tauric, Juv. 15, 115:

Penthesilea,

from the region about Lake Mæotis, Prop. 4, 10, 14.—Esp.: Palus Maeotis, Lake Mæotis, now the Sea of Azov, Plin. 10, 8, 10, § 23;

also: Lacus Maeotis,

id. 4, 12, 24, § 76; 6, 7, 6, § 18; and absol.:

Maeotis,

id. 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 12, 26, § 84; 5, 9, 9, § 47: supra Maeoti' paludes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49 (Epigr. v. 7 Vahl.).—In plur. subst.: Maeotides peltiferae, i. e. the Amazons, women dwelling on the Mæotis, Sabin. Ep. 2, 9.—

Maeōtĭus, a, um, adj., Mæotian:

tellus,

Verg. A. 6, 799:

unda,

id. G. 3, 349:

palus,

Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76.

Maeōtae, ārum, m., = Maiôtai, a Scythian people on Lake Mæotis, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 88.—Hence,

Maeōtĭcus, a, um, adj., = Maiôtikos, of or belonging to Lake Mæotis, Mæotic:

palus,

Lake Mæotis, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:

glacies,

Juv. 4, 42:

pisces,

Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 146.— Plur. subst.: Mae-ōtĭci, ōrum, m., the people living around Lake Mæotis (for Maeotae), Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 19, 17; Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 19.—

Maeōtĭ-dae, ārum, m., Mæotic tribes, dwellers around Lake Mæotis, Vop. Aur. 16; id. Tac. 13.—

Maeōtis, ĭdis (dos and is), adj., f., = Maiôtis, Mæotic.— Transf., poet. for Scythian, Tauric, etc.:

ora,

of Lake Mæotis, Ov. P. 3, 2, 59:

hiems,

i. e. Scythian, id. Tr. 3, 12, 2:

ara,

i. e. Tauric, Juv. 15, 115:

Penthesilea,

from the region about Lake Mæotis, Prop. 4, 10, 14.—Esp.: Palus Maeotis, Lake Mæotis, now the Sea of Azov, Plin. 10, 8, 10, § 23;

also: Lacus Maeotis,

id. 4, 12, 24, § 76; 6, 7, 6, § 18; and absol.:

Maeotis,

id. 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 12, 26, § 84; 5, 9, 9, § 47: supra Maeoti' paludes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49 (Epigr. v. 7 Vahl.).—In plur. subst.: Maeotides peltiferae, i. e. the Amazons, women dwelling on the Mæotis, Sabin. Ep. 2, 9.—

Maeōtĭus, a, um, adj., Mæotian:

tellus,

Verg. A. 6, 799:

unda,

id. G. 3, 349:

palus,

Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76.

Maeōtae, ārum, m., = Maiôtai, a Scythian people on Lake Mæotis, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 88.—Hence,

Maeōtĭcus, a, um, adj., = Maiôtikos, of or belonging to Lake Mæotis, Mæotic:

palus,

Lake Mæotis, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:

glacies,

Juv. 4, 42:

pisces,

Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 146.— Plur. subst.: Mae-ōtĭci, ōrum, m., the people living around Lake Mæotis (for Maeotae), Mel. 1, 2, 6; 1, 19, 17; Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 19.—

Maeōtĭ-dae, ārum, m., Mæotic tribes, dwellers around Lake Mæotis, Vop. Aur. 16; id. Tac. 13.—

Maeōtis, ĭdis (dos and is), adj., f., = Maiôtis, Mæotic.— Transf., poet. for Scythian, Tauric, etc.:

ora,

of Lake Mæotis, Ov. P. 3, 2, 59:

hiems,

i. e. Scythian, id. Tr. 3, 12, 2:

ara,

i. e. Tauric, Juv. 15, 115:

Penthesilea,

from the region about Lake Mæotis, Prop. 4, 10, 14.—Esp.: Palus Maeotis, Lake Mæotis, now the Sea of Azov, Plin. 10, 8, 10, § 23;

also: Lacus Maeotis,

id. 4, 12, 24, § 76; 6, 7, 6, § 18; and absol.:

Maeotis,

id. 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 12, 26, § 84; 5, 9, 9, § 47: supra Maeoti' paludes, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49 (Epigr. v. 7 Vahl.).—In plur. subst.: Maeotides peltiferae, i. e. the Amazons, women dwelling on the Mæotis, Sabin. Ep. 2, 9.—

Maeōtĭus, a, um, adj., Mæotian:

tellus,

Verg. A. 6, 799:

unda,

id. G. 3, 349:

palus,

Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76.