Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy: The tensor palati, a muscle of the palate which serves to stretch it; the circumflex muscle of the palate.
- noun The circumflex nerve (which see, under
circumflex ).
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Examples
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Ex his, acutus in correptis semper, interdum productis syllabis versatur; inflexus (or 'circumflexus'), in his quae producuntur; gravis autem per se nunquam consistere in ullo verbo potest, sed in his in quibus inflexus est, aut acutus ceteras syllabas obtinet.
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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Acutus namque accentus ideo inventus est quod acuat sive elevet syllabam; gravis vero eo quod deprimat aut deponat; circumflexus ideo quod deprimat et acuat.
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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Sunt vero tres, acutus, gravis, et qui ex duobus constat circumflexus.
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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Acutus namque accentus ideo inventus est quod acuat sive elevet syllabam; gravis vero eo quod deprimat aut deponet; circumflexus ideo quod deprimat et acuat.
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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[Keil.v. I.p. 431.] (Acutus) apud Latinos duo tantum loca tenent, paenultimum et antepaenultimum; circumflexus autem, quotlibet syllabarum sit dictio, non tenebit nisi paenultimum locum.
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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