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See also: Circa
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɜːkə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɝkə/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kə
- Hyphenation: cir‧ca
Preposition[edit]
circa
- Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)
- Julius Caesar visited this area circa 50 BC.
Translations[edit]
approximately, about, around
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See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Czech[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
circa
- circa, approximately
- Synonym: cca
Further reading[edit]
- circa in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- circa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Preposition[edit]
circa
Adverb[edit]
circa
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Preposition[edit]
circa
German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
circa
Further reading[edit]
- “circa” in Duden online
- “circa” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “circa” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Preposition[edit]
circa
Adverb[edit]
circa
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkir.kaː/, [ˈkɪrkäː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.ka/, [ˈt͡ʃirkä]
Etymology 1[edit]
A later form for circum, or from circum + eā.
The accusative is from the adverbial derivation.
Adverb[edit]
circā (not comparable)
Preposition[edit]
circā (+ accusative)
- around; near; about
- Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I, 7:
- Circa advenam manifestae reum caedis
- around the stranger accused of open murder
- Circa advenam manifestae reum caedis
- regarding, concerning
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “circa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- circa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- circa in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti
Etymology 2[edit]
Ultimately related to etymology 1. Sense 4 is only attested in the form cerca(s); see there for more.
Noun[edit]
circa f (genitive circae); first declension (Medieval Latin)[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “2. circa”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 180
- ^ Blaise, Albert (1975), “circa”, in Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs du moyen-âge: lexicon latinitatis medii aevi (Corpus christianorum) (in Latin, French), Turnhout: Brepols, page 178
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adverb[edit]
circa
- approximately, about, or so
- Synonym: cam
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθiɾka/ [ˈθiɾ.ka]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsiɾka/ [ˈsiɾ.ka]
- Rhymes: -iɾka
- Syllabification: cir‧ca
Preposition[edit]
circa
Further reading[edit]
- “circa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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