ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CÍRTĂ
círtă (círte), s. f. –
1. Trăsătură. –
2. Cantitate mică, pic. –
3. Moment, secundă.
Sl. črŭta (Miklosich,
Slaw. Elem., 52; Cihac, 56; Pușcariu,
Dacor., VIII, 349);
cf. ciort, care aparține aceleiași rădăcini. După Edelspacher 12, din
rom. provine
mag. csirta. Din aceeași familie fac parte
ciorsăi; certat, adj. (tăiat), din
sl. čertŭ (Pușcariu,
Dacor., IV, 680);
cest, s. n. (
înv., bucată, fragment, crîmpei), din
bg. čest (Tiktin).
10 ROMANIAN BOOKS RELATING TO «CÍRTĂ»
Discover the use of
círtă in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
círtă and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Romanian literature.
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Negotiatores in Cirta: Sallusts Iugurtha und der Weg in ... - Pagina 103
von Thala.657 Die fehlerhaften Vorstellungen, die Sallusts Informationen über Cirta hervorrufen, könnten auf Poseidonios zurückgehen.658 Die Lokalisierung dieses Ortes ist mit etlichen Schwierigkeiten behaftet. In der antiken Literatur finden ...
2
Middle East and Africa: International Dictionary of ... - Pagina 188
Its importance as a historic place has been mutable but continuous from the early third century B.C., when the Carthaginians clashed with the Numidian tribes. Eventually Cirta became a Numidian city, and a royal residence of the Numidian ...
Trudy Ring, Noelle Watson, Paul Schellinger, 2014
3
International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East ...
Cirta reached its greatest prosperity in the ancient world under Micipsa, king of the Massyli from 148 to 118 B.C., mostly because of his loyal to Rome. However, when Micipsa died, his nephew, Jugurtha, murdered Micipse's two sons, ...
Trudy Ring, Robert M. Salkin, Sharon La Boda, 1994
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The Oxford Classical Dictionary - Pagina 320
PK, GL 1. 2. 686 ff.; IACP no. 183. NGLH Cirta (mod. Constantine in Algeria), a hill-top fortress perched on a dramatic site commanding the gorge of the Ampsaga (Rhummel), was the capital of *Syphax and then of *Masinissa, who encouraged ...
Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, Esther Eidinow, 2012
5
The Roman Empire - Pagina 224
From them we can in some sort judge the other provinces. We begin with a place of no importance or fame then or now, Castellum Tidditanorum, or Tiddis. Tiddis lies about 16 km northwest of Cirta (Constantine) in what is now eastern Algeria.
Colin Michael Wells, 1995
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A systematical bibliography of Sallust (1879-1950). - Pagina 70
Schmidt, J.: Die Zuverlâssigkeit der Ortbeschreibungen in Sallusts Jugurtha. RhM 45 (1890), p. 318-20. R: Maurenbrecher BJ 101 p. 188. Sallust's descriptions of Capsa and Cirta are reliable. 811. Saumagne, Ch.: Zama Regia (Jug. 57). RTun.
Anton Daniël Leeman, 1952
7
An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time
That name was given Cirta in the reign of Constant ine the Great , who repaired and adorned it, according to Aurelius Viclor, Cirta was the metropolis of Mafiniffah dominions, that prince himself, his father Gala, and several other kings of the ...
George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, 1748
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Early Christianity in Contexts: An Exploration across ...
Headquarters of Masinissa's ancient Massylian kingdom, Cirta is perched onabluff 600mhigh, witha precipitous dropof 100m to the Rummel River below (Perler and Maier 1969, 232; Lepelley 1981, 383– 98). Crescens, bishop of Cirta, was ...
9
North Africa: The Roman Coast - Pagina 211
The Battle of Cirta in 203BC was one of the named victories for the Roman general Scipio Africanus, during the Second Punic War. After Julius Caesar's victory at the Battle of Thapsus in 46BC, Cirta became part of the North African spoils.
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Iter britanniarum; or, that part of the Itinerary of ... - Pagina 385
A N abridged VIEW of the whole WORK, exhibiting all the Titles, and Total Numbers of the Itinerarium, with some select parts of it, and nearly the whole of the Itinerarium Maritimum. Itera Carthagine Cirta. M P. 321. Musti — Theveste — Cirta.
