circino

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɪr.kɪ.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃir.t͡ʃi.no]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.

Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)der.

Ancient Greek κίρκινος (kírkinos)der.

Latin circinus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin circinō

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		circināre			circinārī			circināns			—
future		circinātūrum esse			circinātum īrī			circinātūrus			circinandus
perfect		circināvisse			circinātum esse			—			circinātus
future perfect		—			circinātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		circinātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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.