English → Latin
“circuit” in Latin
ambitusa going around, walking around; circuit; orbit, revolution, cyclecircuituspatrol; circuit; revolution (going around)circumscrīptiōcircle, circumference; boundary, outline, contour; cheating, fraudcomplectorto embrace or hug; to encircle, surround, encompass; to comprehend, understandcastrumcastle, fort, fortress; several soldiers' tents situated together; hence, a military camp, an encampmentterradry land (as opposed to watery parts of the Earth); ground, floor (the surface of the land); earth, soil, dirt, clay, clcaelumheaven (where the stars and the Milky Way is); sky; climate, weathermundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant, sophisticated; decorated, adorned
The English word circuit itself goes back to Latin eō, through circuitus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
circuit
compass, ambitus (with reference to expansion in general; e.g., caeli ac terrarum; of the camp, castrorum): circuitus (with reference to circumference): circumscriptio (e.g., of the earth, terrae): complexus (with reference to the space encompassed; e. e., caeli, mundi, etc). The moon completes her circuit round the earth in a month, orbis lustrationem luna menstruo cursu complet.
Of a judge, e.g., to go on the circicit, jure dicundo conventus circumire: circa fora proficisci ibique quaerere et judicia exercere: provinciam obire (of a Roman praetor, etc., Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for circuit?
- The usual Latin words for “circuit” are ambitus, circuitus, circumscrīptiō; also complector, castrum, terra. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.