circinatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.