Circa

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Contents 1 Latin-English 1.1 Constructions 1.2 Loci 1.2.1 Cicero 1.2.2 Classical

Latin-English

circā. (ˈtʃir.ka) adv., or prep. w/ acc.

1. Around; about, near, by.

[circum.]

Cic.	100%	Class.	1%	Rom.	0%	Med.	0%	Neo.	0%

Constructions

Pronoun constructions

• circa se — ‘around oneself,’ Cic. [βʹ], [β²]

Loci

Cicero

• αʹ Cicero, De Lege Agraria 1.22:

cum Rullus atque ii quos multo magis quam Rullum timetis [...] Capuam et urbes circa Capuam occuparint

when Rullus and those whom you fear much more than Rullus [...] shall have occupied Capua and the cities around Capua

• βʹ pron. Cicero, In Verrem Secunda 1.126:

Debere eum aiebat suam quoque rationem ducere; multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus suis, quos circa se haberet.

He should, he said, have accounted for his affairs as well; a lot was necessary for him, a lot for his dogs which he kept around himself.

• β² pron. Cicero, In Verrem Secunda 1.133:

quidam ex illis canibus quos iste Liguri dixerat esse circa se multos

one of the many dogs which he had told Ligur were around him

• γʹ Cicero, In Verrem Secunda 4.107:

quam circa lacus lucique sunt plurimi atque laetissimi flores omni tempore anni

there are so many lakes and groves around it, and such beautiful flowers the whole year round

Classical

• δʹ Caesar, De Bello Civili 1.14:

Delectus circa urbem intermittuntur; nihil citra Capuam tutum esse omnibus videtur.

The levies around the city were suspended; nothing this side of Capua seemed to be secure to anyone.

• εʹ Caesar, De Bello Civili 3.31:

His temporibus Scipio detrimentis quibusdam circa montem Amanum acceptis imperatorem se appellaverat.

At that time Scipio, who had taken a few losses around the Amanus Mountains, had named himself Emperor.

• στʹ Horace, Ars Poetica 32:

Āemĭlĭ|ūm cīr|cā lū|dūm făbĕr | ūnŭs ĕt | ūnguīs ēxprĭmĕt | ēt mōl|līs ĭmĭ|tābĭtŭr | āerĕ că|pīllōs

Near the Aemilian school, a craftsman will form nails and imitate soft hair in bronze

• στ² Horace, Ars Poetica 130:

pūblĭcă | mātĕrĭ|ēs prī|vātī | iūrĭs ĕ|rīt, sī nōn cīr|cā vī|lēm pătŭ|lūmquĕ mŏ|rābĕrĭs | ōrbēm, nēc vēr|bō vēr|būm cū|rābīs | rēddĕrĕ | fīdūs īntēr|prēs

There are personal rights over published material, if you don't linger by the ordinary beaten path, and don't worry about being a strict word-for-word translator.

• ζʹ Horace, Carmina 1.3:

Īllī | rōbŭr ĕt āes | trĭplēx cīrcā | pēctŭs ĕrāt

He had threefold oak and brass around his heart

• ζ² Horace, Carmina 1.18:

Nūllām, | Vārĕ, săcrā | vītĕ prĭūs | sēvĕrĭs ār|bŏrēm cīrcā | mītĕ sŏlūm | Tībŭrĭs ēt | mōenĭă Cā|tĭlī.

Varus, plant no tree before planting the sacred vine around the mellow soil of Tivoli and the walls of Catillus.