circus

circus ī, m

CVR-, a circular line, circle : lacteus, the Milky Way.—An enclosure for athletic games, race-course, ring : longo decedere circo, V.: munera circo locantur In medio, V.: maritimus (at Anagnia), L.— Esp.: Circus Maximus, an oval circus between the Palatine and Aventine hills, with room for 100,000 , C., L., O.; often called Circus, C.: Fallax (as the resort of soothsayers and jugglers), H.— The Circus Flaminius, C.; called Circus, O.