circum

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Whats interesting is that we had plenty of evidence in these same circum stances as to what would work and what would not.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2015

In its romantic purity, this is a love that is outside time and circum stance, beyond good and evil.

From Time Magazine Archive

Periptere, from περὶ circum, and πτὲρον ala, which has a Wing round about.

From An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Containing a System of the Whole Works of that Author by Perrault, Claude

‘Scipio Africanus et Laelius feruntur tam fuisse familiares et amici Lucilio, ut quodam tempore Laelio circum lectos triclinii fugienti Lucilius superveniens eum obtorta mappa quasi feriturus sequeretur.’

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George

Choosing, const. w. verbs of, 177, 1-3. circā, circiter, circum, preps. w. acc.,

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)