circino

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkir.ki.noː/, [ˈkɪrkɪnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.t͡ʃi.no/, [ˈt͡ʃirt͡ʃino]

Etymology 1

From circinus (“pair of compasses”) +‎ -ō.

Verb

circinō (present infinitive circināre, perfect active circināvī, supine circinātum); first conjugation

1. to round, make round
2. (poetic) to fly through in a circular path

Conjugation

Conjugation of circinō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circinō	circinās	circinat	circināmus	circinātis	circinant
	imperfect	circinābam	circinābās	circinābat	circinābāmus	circinābātis	circinābant
	future	circinābō	circinābis	circinābit	circinābimus	circinābitis	circinābunt
	perfect	circināvī	circināvistī	circināvit	circināvimus	circināvistis	circināvērunt, circināvēre
	pluperfect	circināveram	circināverās	circināverat	circināverāmus	circināverātis	circināverant
	future perfect	circināverō	circināveris	circināverit	circināverimus	circināveritis	circināverint
passive	present	circinor	circināris, circināre	circinātur	circināmur	circināminī	circinantur
	imperfect	circinābar	circinābāris, circinābāre	circinābātur	circinābāmur	circinābāminī	circinābantur
	future	circinābor	circināberis, circinābere	circinābitur	circinābimur	circinābiminī	circinābuntur
	perfect	circinātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	circinātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	circinātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circinem	circinēs	circinet	circinēmus	circinētis	circinent
	imperfect	circinārem	circinārēs	circināret	circinārēmus	circinārētis	circinārent
	perfect	circināverim	circināverīs	circināverit	circināverīmus	circināverītis	circināverint
	pluperfect	circināvissem	circināvissēs	circināvisset	circināvissēmus	circināvissētis	circināvissent
passive	present	circiner	circinēris, circinēre	circinētur	circinēmur	circinēminī	circinentur
	imperfect	circinārer	circinārēris, circinārēre	circinārētur	circinārēmur	circinārēminī	circinārentur
	perfect	circinātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	circinātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	circinā	—	—	circināte	—
	future	—	circinātō	circinātō	—	circinātōte	circinantō
passive	present	—	circināre	—	—	circināminī	—
	future	—	circinātor	circinātor	—	—	circinantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		circināre	circināvisse	circinātūrum esse	circinārī	circinātum esse	circinātum īrī
participles		circināns	—	circinātūrus	—	circinātus	circinandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		circinandī	circinandō	circinandum	circinandō	circinātum	circinātū

Descendants

• Catalan: cercenar
• French: cerner
• Friulian: cercenâ
• Old Galician-Portuguese: cercear
  • Galician: cercear
  • Portuguese: cercear
• Spanish: cercenar

Etymology 2

Noun

circinō

1. dative/ablative singular of circinus

References

• “circino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “circino”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.