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.