Circe, The daughter of Sol, by Persis the daughter of Oceanus: She knew the maruellous operatiõs of sundrie herbs, and how to ture al poysons. At the last the siue hir hus band, king of Scythes, with poyson, and vexed the people wyth much tyrannie: wherefore she was expelled the countrey, and fled into a deserte yle in the Occean sea. Homere nameth hir the sister of Aeta, and sheweth howe diuerse of Wysses companions, arriuing in the yle where Circe dwessed, were by hir transsormed into swine. And after by the intercession of Vlysses, she restored them to their pristinate forme, more beautiful and young in sight, then they were before.Circes domus, A towue of Camp aine, called also Circeum.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Circē, ēs (gen. Circae, Liv. And. ap. Fest. s. v. topper, p. 270; Verg. A. 3, 386: Circes, Prop. 3 (4), 12, 27; acc Circam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 34 Ritschl; Cic. N D. 3, 21, 54; together with Circen, id. ib. 3, 19, 48; v. Inscr. Orell. N. cr.; abl. Circā, Hor. Epod. 17, 17; Tert. Spect. 8; cf. Charis. 1, 15, p. 46), f., = *ki/rkh, the daughter of the Sun and of Perse or Perseis, sister of Æetes, a sea-nymph, distinguished for her magic arts, whose abode, after her flight from Colchis, was said to be in the region of the promontory of Circeii, in Latium, Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 48; id. Off. 1, 31, 113; Verg. E. 8, 70; id. A. 7, 20 and 282, Ov. M. 4, 205; 13, 968; 14, 10; 14, 247 sq.; 14, 312 sq.; id. R. Am. 263; 287; Hyg. Fab. 125; 156; 199; Plin. 25, 2, 5, 10; Tib. 2, 4, 55; Hor. C. 1, 17, 20; id. Ep. 1, 2, 23 et saep.—Traces of divine homage paid to her among the Circeii; v. in Inscr. Orell. 1849; cf. Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 48.—Hence, II. Circaeus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Circe, Circean. poculum, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57: gramen, i. e.
magical
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poisoning
, Prop. 2, 1, 53: campi, i e. the region of Colchis, the native land of Circe, Val. Fl. 5, 328; 6, 426, where also is the town Circæum, Plin. 6, 4, 4, 13: litus, the Circeian promontory, Ov M. 14, 248; cf. id. ib. 14, 348: terra,
Circeii
, Verg. A 7, 10: moenia, i. e. Tusculum, after its builder, Telegonus, the son of Circe, Hor. Epod. 1, 30; cf. dorsum,
circo, āre, 1, v. a. [circus]. = circumeo. I.To go about, traverse: montem, Gromat. Vet. p. 326, 17; v. also circito fin.—II.To wander through: TOTAM REGIONEM, Inscr. ap. Hermes, 1, 343.