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circĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. [circino] (lit. the describing of a circle; hence, concrete), the circumference of a circle, a circle (a word of Vitr.): linea circinationis, Vitr. 1, 6, 6: circuli, id. 9, 7, 2; 3, 3; 10, 10 al.
Of the circular path of the planets, Vitr. 9, 4, pp. 264, 266 Bip.
circĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [circinus], to make round, to round (perh. not anteAug.): arbores, quae in orbem ramos circinant, Plin. 17, 12, 17, § 88; 16, 38, 73, § 185: circinatum tympanum, id. 18, 34, 77, § 332: folia circinatae rotunditatis, id. 16, 23, 35, § 86
Poet.: (Cyllenius) inclinat cursus, et easdem circinat auras, flies through in a circular course, * Ov. M. 2, 721: utque suos arcus per nubila circinat Iris, vaults, arches, Manil. 1, 710.
† circĭnus, i, m.. = κίρκινος, a pair of compasses’ flumen Dubis. ut circino circumductum, paene totum oppidum cingit, Caes. B. G. 1, 38: diducere, Vitr. 9, 7, 2: circino spatia dimetiri, id ib.; id. 10, 4, 1: ratio circini, Plin. 2, 15, 13, § 63.