different between circini vs circinus

Latin

Noun

circin?

1. nominative plural of circinus
2. genitive singular of circinus
3. vocative plural of circinus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (kírkinos)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kir.ki.nus/, [?k?rk?n?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??ir.t??i.nus/, [?t??irt??inus]

Noun

circinus m (genitive circin?); second declension

1. 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