circumductio
Latin
Etymology
From circumdūcō (“I lead around”) + -tiō (“-tion”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɪr.kʊnˈdʊk.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃir.kumˈd̪uk.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
circumductiō f (genitive circumductiōnis); third declension
- The act of leading or conducting around
- fraud, swindle
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | circumductiō | circumductiōnēs |
| genitive | circumductiōnis | circumductiōnum |
| dative | circumductiōnī | circumductiōnibus |
| accusative | circumductiōnem | circumductiōnēs |
| ablative | circumductiōne | circumductiōnibus |
| vocative | circumductiō | circumductiōnēs |
Descendants
- Italian: circonduzione
References
- “circumductio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press