circi

Example Sentences

• "The places where these shows were exhibited, are supposed to have resembled the circi in shape, having a sufficient depth of water for the largest vessels to ride in safety."
• "Naumachiæ.—Naumachiæ were mock naval engagements. This kind of spectacle was enjoyed by the Romans. The Naumachiæ generally took place in the circi and amphitheatres."
• "The other circi of Rome were not equal in grandeur to the Circus Maximus."
• "There are two circuses (circi ?), the red and blue, that's why there are two trains. They don't make a big deal of having two shows, but it's not a secret either. In the color posters you can usually detect which one is coming to town from the colors. I think in many places where the circus comes every year, they alternate the two shows every other year."
• "I am doing a research project and would like to see if anyone out there can help me. Circus elements in films. I am trying to identify as many films as possible that contain circuses (circi?) either as metaphor or subject matter."
• "McCain is trying to pass campaign finance reform that puts a government bueaurocracy^([sic]) in charge of our elections. Not just the presidential circus but all the little circi across the fruited plain."