circulus

American  

[sur-kyuh-luhs] / ˈsɜr kjə ləs /

noun

• circuli
  plural

1. any of the concentric circles on each scale of a fish, each of which indicates the annual growth of that scale.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• circuli
  plural

Etymology

Origin of circulus

< Latin: circle

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

circulus circuli

The problem is that your argument is, as the Romans would say, circulus in probando.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2015

He purposely makes us tread the round of the circulus vitiosus, as in the old saw: A Cretan said, all Cretans are liars.

From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Johan Huizinga

With a hearty laugh at this beautiful circulus in definiendo he threw down his pencil, and the imperfect and illogical office definition was accepted.

From A Librarian's Open Shelf by Arthur E. Bostwick

And the fifth, or the circulus in probando, arises when that which should be the proof needs to be sustained by the thing to be proved.

From Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism by Mary Mills Patrick

The phrase in orbem consistere could not be changed into in circulum, and a limited social circle, circulus, could not be expressed by orbis.

From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig Döderlein

De quadratura circuli demonstratio ex Campano, that appeared without date about 1507.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by David Eugene Smith