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circa

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cir·ca  (sûrk)
prep. Abbr. c. or ca
In approximately; about: born circa 1900.

[Latin circ, from circum, around (probably on the model of adverbs like intr, within), from circus, circle; see circle.]

circa [sir-ka]
prep
(used with a date) approximately; about: circa 1788 [Latin]
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circa
preposition approximately, about, around, roughly, in the region of, round about
Translations
circa [ˈsəːkə] prepcirca, environ
circa [ˈsəːkə] prepcirca
circa [ˈsəːkə] prepcirca


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Critics from Plutarch downwards have almost unanimously rejected the lines 654-662, on the ground that Hesiod's Amphidamas is the hero of the Lelantine Wars between Chalcis and Eretria, whose death may be placed circa 705 B.
Circa quam ergo hostiles inter se acies cum ingenti clamore hostiliter conveniunt.
 
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