circumcursio
Latin
Etymology
From circumcurrō + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɪr.kʊŋˈkʊr.si.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃir.kumˈkur.si.o]
Noun
circumcursiō f (genitive circumcursiōnis); third declension
- the action of running around
- c. 124 CE — c. 170 CE, Lucius Appuleius, Metamorphoses, 9.13
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | circumcursiō | circumcursiōnēs |
| genitive | circumcursiōnis | circumcursiōnum |
| dative | circumcursiōnī | circumcursiōnibus |
| accusative | circumcursiōnem | circumcursiōnēs |
| ablative | circumcursiōne | circumcursiōnibus |
| vocative | circumcursiō | circumcursiōnēs |
References
- “circumcursio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- circumcursio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.