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1 circulatrix
circŭlātrix, īcis, f. [id.], a female mountebank or stroller, Auct. Priap. 18, 1. — Adj.:lingua,
of a mountebank, Mart. 10, 3, 2. -
2 cernuus
cernuus adj. [2 CEL-], stooping forwards, head-foremost: quadrupes, V.* * *Icernua, cernuum ADJhead foremost; falling headlong; face down, inclined/stooping/bowing forwardsIIkind of shoe; tumbler (L+S); mountebank -
3 circulatorius
circulatoria, circulatorium ADJof/characteristic of circulator (itinerate performer/peddler, mountebank/quack) -
4 cernuus
1.cernŭus, a, um, adj. [root kar, v. celsus; cf. karênon, cerebrum], with the face turned towards the earth, inclined forwards, stooping or bowing forwards (very rare and only poet.):II.cernuus dicitur proprie inclinatus, quasi quod terram cernit,
Non. p. 20, 33 sq.; Lucil. ib. p. 21, 1: ejectoque incumbit cernuus armo, * Verg. A. 10, 894 (v. Serv. ad h. 1.):cernuus inflexo sonipes effuderat armo,
Sil. 10, 255 sq.; Arn. 7, p. 246.—Hence,That turns a somersault; a tumbler, mountebank, kubistêtêr, petauristês, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 21, 6; Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 894; cf. Gloss. Philox.: cernuli petauristai.2.cernŭus, i, m., a kind of shoe, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 55 Müll., and Isid. Orig. 19, 34, 13. -
5 circulator
circŭlātor, ōris, m. [id.].I.A pedler: auctionum, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3.—II.A mountebank, quack, Cels. 5, 27, 3; Petr 68, 6; Dig. 47, 11, 11; Sen. Ben. 6, 11, 2; App. M. 1, p. 103, 38.—Of noisy philosophers, Sen. Ep. 29, 5 -
6 circulatorius
circŭlātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [circulator], of a mountebank, quackish (post-Aug.):jactatio,
Quint. 2, 4, 15:volubilitas,
id. 10, 1, 8:praestigiae,
Tert. Apol. 23.
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