Can circulus amplus mean "exactly circular form", other than "a large circle" ?
For amplus,
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... y%3Damplus
amplus originally means "full all around", according to L&S.
about amplus
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Re: about amplus
I don't see an example anywhere where it clearly means that.
Ego equidem istius sensûs exemplum invenire non possum.
Ego equidem istius sensûs exemplum invenire non possum.
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Re: about amplus
I don't see, too, in L&S.
How do you think ?
Exactly circular form is possible, or impossible, according to L&S ?
How do you think ?
Exactly circular form is possible, or impossible, according to L&S ?
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Re: about amplus
Perhaps it's not impossible, as you say, but mathematicians tend to say "circulus perfectus".
Non impossibile, ut dicis, at saepiùs solent dicere mathematici perfectum esse circulum.
Non impossibile, ut dicis, at saepiùs solent dicere mathematici perfectum esse circulum.
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Re: about amplus
Thank you.