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circensium

Dictionary entries

  • circensis, circensis, circense:

    Adjective · 3rd declension

    Frequency:
    Common
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = of the Circus; associated with games in circus; used at circus;

    Entry →
    gen. pl. (all)
  • circensis, circensis:

    Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension

    Frequency:
    Common
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = games in the Circus (pl.); games/exercises of wrestling, running, fighting;

    Entry →
    gen. pl.

Examples

  • A

    Liber III

    Aulus Gellius

    "...sapientes item veteres septem fuisse et curricula ludorum circensium sollemnia septem esse et ad oppugnandas Thebas duces septem..."
  • L

    Liber X

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM

    "...desisse; aliquando dormisse me scio, aliquando suspicor. Ecce circensium obstrepit clamor; subita aliqua et universa voce feriuntur aures..."
  • G

    Domitianus

    Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM

    "...proxime, sed quo olim Augustus ediderat; in iis circensium die, quo facilius centum missus peragerentur, singulos a septenis..."
  • P

    Liber XV

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES

    "...Nero vetus adversum insontem odium expleverit. Tandem statuere circensium ludorum die, qui Cereri celebratur, exsequi destinata, quia Caesar..."

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