circulor

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɪr.kʊ.ɫɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃir.ku.lor]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.

Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.

Latin circus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin circulus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin circulor

From circulus (“circle”) + -ō.

Verb

circulor (present infinitive circulārī, perfect active circulātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. (intransitive) to gather a circle of people around oneself
2. (intransitive) to wander (lose concentration)

Usage notes

Not to be confused with the non-deponent verb circulō.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of circulor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	circulor		circulāris, circulāre		circulātur		circulāmur		circulāminī		circulantur
	imperfect	circulābar		circulābāris, circulābāre		circulābātur		circulābāmur		circulābāminī		circulābantur
	future	circulābor		circulāberis, circulābere		circulābitur		circulābimur		circulābiminī		circulābuntur
	perfect	circulātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	circulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	circulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	circuler		circulēris, circulēre		circulētur		circulēmur		circulēminī		circulentur
	imperfect	circulārer		circulārēris, circulārēre		circulārētur		circulārēmur		circulārēminī		circulārentur
	perfect	circulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	circulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		circulāre		—		—		circulāminī		—
	future	—		circulātor		circulātor		—		—		circulantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		circulārī			—			circulāns			—
future		circulātūrum esse			—			circulātūrus			circulandus
perfect		circulātum esse			—			circulātus			—
future perfect		circulātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		circulātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		circulandī		circulandō		circulandum		circulandō		circulātum		circulātū

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

circulor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of circulō

References

• “circulor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “circulor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “circulor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “circulor” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present