circinus

== Latin == === Etymology === From circus +‎ -inus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɪr.kɪ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃir.t͡ʃi.nus] === Noun === circinus m (genitive circinī); second declension A pair of compasses; a tool for measuring distances or constructing a circle. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “circinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “circinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “circinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “circinus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “circinus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin