circĕs

itis, m.

circum-ire

I. a circle (ante- and post-class.): ut parvi circuli Anuli, sic magni dicebantur circites Ani, Varr L. L. 6, § 8 Müll.; Sid. Carm. 22, 222. —So of the circumference of the circus, Sid. Carm. 23, 381.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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