circumlation

== English == === Alternative forms === circumlatio === Etymology === From Latin circumlātiō (“a carrying around, circulation”), from circumferō (“to carry around”), from circum (“around”) + ferō (“to carry”). === Noun === circumlation (uncountable) (philosophy, cosmology) A cycle, circulation, or rotation; the movement of something in a circular course. ==== Usage notes ==== In Calcidius's commentary on Plato's Timaeus, this term appears in a cosmological context referring to the daily cycle or rotation of time. The rhetorical sense of "circumlocution" or "periphrasis" is a later development and remains rare. ==== Synonyms ==== cycle rotation circulation ==== Related terms ==== circumfero circuitus