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circus, -i m. (κιρκός) MLWacc. MLWsg. ciram (cyram, quiram MLWvar. l.): MLWChron. Fred. 2,20. I gener. MLWi. q. orbis, gyrus — Kreis: A strictius: 1 de linea circinationis: Carm. satyr. 14 (ZDtPhil. 4. 1873. p. 145; MLWs. X.) -icirci formans hinc inde rotundi centro productum tendit conducere motum. 2 de orbe caelesti: MLWWalth. Spir. Christoph.II 1,211 -uscircus tenet Arctophilaca secundus MLWeqs. 3 de motu circulari: MLWRhythm. 76,7,3 gloriam ... girans in -ocirco pavo. B latius: 1 de rebus circuli formam exhibentibus (cf. MLWGloss. III 296,50 St.-S. -uscircus vel circulus vel ciclus MLWi. rinc. MLWal.): a diadema, corona — Kronreif: MLWOdo Ern. duc. 5 p. 345^A rex ... portans in vertice -umcircum. b ligamen doliarium — Faßreifen: MLWRegistr. Frising. 8 p. 16,26 conparare picem et -oscircos. c de margine tholi MLWi. q. rota — (herumlaufendes) Gesims, Scheibe: MLWMirac. Bert. 3 p. 510,48 unus artificum ... stans super eodem -ocirco. d orbis (terrarum) — (Erden-) Rund: MLWIocalis 200 in mundi -ocirco. 2 coetus, consessus — Runde, Reigen: MLWCarm. Cantabr. 26,9 hoc viret in -ocirco Merehilt. MLWAdam gest. 2,35 p. 96,10 cum staret in medio populi -ocirco (2,61 p. 121,12). MLWHugo Flav. chron. 2 p. 488,12 in -ocirco (concilii) residere. 3 circuitus, periodus — Kreislauf, Wiederkehr: MLWDungal. epist. 1 p. 578,2 ut ... vitam in multos extendat annorum -oscircos Deus. MLWSalom. III. carm. 2,117 annuus ut ... diem -uscircus revocabit eundem. II spec. MLWi. q. amphitheatrum, arena — Circus, Arena (plerumque de loco certaminis vel spectaculorum; de loco conventus: MLWl. 34sq.): A proprie (cf. MLWGloss. II 397,50 St.-S. -umcircum spilehus): MLWAldh. virg. I 36 p. 283,19 spectante -icirci caterva. MLWPaul. Diac. Lang. 4,30 levatus est Adaloaldus rex ... apud Mediolanum in -ocirco. MLWRather. coni. 14 p. 542^A in -umcircum, quod arena dicitur, ... urbis Veronae. MLWEgbert. fec. rat. 1,848 -uscircus (MLWsyn. palestra) adhuc olet, is sua quo vestigia flexit. MLWTheod. Trud. Bav. 7 -icirci frequentiam declinare. MLWRahew. Theoph. 151 in -umcircum veteresque ruinas. B meton. de spectatoribus: MLWGesta Bereng. prol. 29 haud moveor plausu populi vel munere -icirci (gloss.: amphitheatri). Payr