circensium
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circensis, circensis, circense:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
of the Circus; associated with games in circus; used at circus;
gen. pl. (all) - Entry →circensis, circensis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
games in the Circus (pl.); games/exercises of wrestling, running, fighting;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...sapientes item veteres septem fuisse et curricula ludorum circensium sollemnia septem esse et ad oppugnandas Thebas duces septem..."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..."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..."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..."
