Latin

Preposition

circiter + accusative

1. (of place) near, close, round about

   hunc locum circiter‎

   close to this place

2. (of time) near, close, about

Adverb

circiter ‎(not comparable)

1. (of place) on every side; near, round about
2. (of time) near, close, about

   mediā circiter nocte‎

   about midnight

3. (of number) near, close, about

   circiter pars quarta‎

   about four parts

Related terms

References

• circiter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• circiter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “circiter”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • about a hundred of our men fell: nostri circiter centum ceciderunt