adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
circumforāneus
circumforāneus (feminine circumforānea, neuter circumforāneum)
Classical[kɪr.kũː.fɔˈraː.ne.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃir.kum.foˈraː.ne.us]
Meaning
- adjectivemoving from market to market; itinerant
- adjectiveambulatory; moveable
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | circumforāneus | circumforānea | circumforāneum |
| genitive | circumforāneī | circumforāneae | circumforāneī |
| dative | circumforāneō | circumforāneae | circumforāneō |
| accusative | circumforāneum | circumforāneam | circumforāneum |
| ablative | circumforāneō | circumforāneā | circumforāneō |
| vocative | circumforānee | circumforānea | circumforāneum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | circumforāneī | circumforāneae | circumforānea |
| genitive | circumforāneōrum | circumforāneārum | circumforāneōrum |
| dative | circumforāneīs | circumforāneīs | circumforāneīs |
| accusative | circumforāneōs | circumforāneās | circumforānea |
| ablative | circumforāneīs | circumforāneīs | circumforāneīs |
| vocative | circumforāneī | circumforāneae | circumforānea |
circum-fŏrānĕus, a, um, adj. forum. *
I. Of or around the forum or market-place: aes, debts due in the forum (because the bankers' shops were at the forum), Cic. Att. 2, 1, 11.—More freq.,
II. Strolling about from market to market, that attends markets:
pharmacopola, Cic. Clu. 14, 40: lanista, * Suet. Vit. 12: medicabulum, App. M. 9, p. 218, 41.—B. In gen., that is carried about, ambulatory, movable: domus, App. M. 4, p. 148, 29: hostiae, which are carried about for expiation (cf. circumfero, II. C.), App. M. 3, p. 130, 5.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
circumforāneus adj.
circum + forum, around the forum, about the market - place: aes, debts (at the bankers). — Frequenting markets: pharmacopola.
Origins
Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum- Latin forum Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āneus Latin circumforāneus From circum- + forum + -āneus.
Descendants
- Englishcircumforaneous
In English words that came into English from circumforāneus
- circumforaneouscircumforāneus