about Copy link Outline A. Prep.I. AroundII. In the neighbourhood ofIII. In attendance onIV. Near (in time)1. circā, circĭter (with acc.)2. ăd (with acc.). ab. evening, ad vesperum, Caes.3. dē (with abl.)4. sŭb (with acc. or abl.)V. Respecting, concerning2. sŭpĕr (with abl.)3. circā (with acc.B. Adverb.I. Of PlaceII. Of degree2. circĭter3. fĕrē4. fermē5. fortassĕ (like our perhaps)6. quăsĭ (prop. as it were)7. instar (prop. a neut. subst. = likeness, and hence with gen.) • about: A. Prep. I. Around: circā, circum (with acc.): they collected wood ab. the hut, ligna contulerunt circa casam, Nep.: her hair thrown back carelessly ab. her head, capillus circum caput rejectus negligenter, Ter. II. In the neighbourhood of: circā, circum: ab. rivers and lakes there is frequent mist, circa flumina et lacus frequens nebula est, Sen.: Vell.: I shall tarry ab. these places, circum haec loca commorabor, Cic. III. In attendance on: circā, circum: he had three hundred unarmed youths ab. him, trecentos juvenes inermes circa se habebat, Liv.: he always has a great body of cavalry ab. him, magnum numerum equitatus circum se semper habet, Caes. IV. Near (in time): 1. circā, circĭter (with acc.): ab. the same hour, circa eandem horam, Liv.: ab. the time of Cicero, circa Ciceronem, Sen.: he led the army back ab. noon, circiter meridiem exercitum reduxit, Caes. 2. ăd (with acc.). ab. evening, ad vesperum, Caes.: when he was ab. forty years old, quum annos ad quadraginta natus esset, Cic. 3. dē (with abl.): ab. midnight, de media nocte, Caes.: ab. the third watch, de tertia vigilia, Caes.: Suet. 4. sŭb (with acc. or abl.): ab. night-time Pompey sailed, Pompeius sub noctem naves solvit, Caes.: ab. the same time, sub eodem tempore, Ov. V. Respecting, concerning: dē (with abl.): a dream ab. money, de argento somnium, Ter.: I wondered ab. Dionysius, de Dionysio sum admiratus, Cic. 2. sŭpĕr (with abl.): I will write to you ab. this matter, hac s. re scribam ad te, Cic.: often asking many things ab. Priam, multa s. Priamo rogitans, Virg. 3. circā (with acc.: rare): a dispute ab. words, c. verba dissensio, Quint. B. Adverb.: I. Of Place: in combination with verbs: as, to walk about, ride about, etc. These are in reality compound verbs, and expr. in Latin by a single word, as dĕambŭlo, circumvĕhor, etc. See to walk, ride, etc. II. Of degree: nearly: circā (rare): the victors slew ab. 500 Romans, c. quingentos Romanorum victores ceciderunt, Liv. 2. circĭter: he reached the frontiers of the Belgae in ab. fifteen days, diebus c. quindecim ad fines Belgarum pervenit, Caes.: ab. a fourth part was furnished with military weapons, c. pars quarta erat militaribus armis instructa, Sall. 3. fĕrē: ab. the fifth hour, quinta fere hora, Caes.: for ab. 600 years, sexcentos f. annos, Cic. 4. fermē: this happened ab. two years ago, hoc factum est f. abhinc biennium, Pl.: ab. a half, pars f. dimidia, Liv. 5. fortassĕ (like our perhaps): out of many books of Isocrates he chose ab. thirty lines, elegit ex multis Isocratis libris triginta f. versus, Cic. 6. quăsĭ (prop. as it were): I have collected ab. fifteen talents, quasi talenta ad quindecim coegi, Ter.: at ab. the bottom of the page, q. in extrema pagina, Cic. 7. instar (prop. a neut. subst. = likeness, and hence with gen.): Tiro has ab. seventy of my letters, habet Tiro instar septuaginta mearum epistolarum, Cic.: v. around. Phr.: to have one's wits ab. one, praesenti animo esse, Cic.: to seize one ab. the middle, medium aliquem arripere, Ter.--N.B. The two languages do not exactly correspond in the uses of these words, and hence the English adverb is sometimes expressed by a Latin preposition, but the examples are classified in accordance with the English.