circa
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English[edit]
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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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Czech[edit]
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circa
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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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circa
Adverb[edit]
circa
French[edit]
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circa
German[edit]
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circa
Further reading[edit]
- “circa” in Duden online
- “circa” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “circa” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Italian[edit]
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circa
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circa
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A later form for circum, or from circum + eā.
Pronunciation[edit]
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]
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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
Romanian[edit]
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circa
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Spanish[edit]
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circa
Further reading[edit]
- “circa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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