circumspectio
Latin
Etymology
From circumspiciō + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɪr.kũːˈspɛk.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃir.kumˈspɛk.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
circumspectiō f (genitive circumspectiōnis); third declension
- looking around
- caution, circumspection; foresight
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | circumspectiō | circumspectiōnēs |
| genitive | circumspectiōnis | circumspectiōnum |
| dative | circumspectiōnī | circumspectiōnibus |
| accusative | circumspectiōnem | circumspectiōnēs |
| ablative | circumspectiōne | circumspectiōnibus |
| vocative | circumspectiō | circumspectiōnēs |
Descendants
- → Catalan: circumspecció
- → Middle English: circumspeccioun (or from Middle French)
- English: circumspection
- → Galician: circunspección
- → Middle French: circonspection, circonspeccion
- French: circonspection
- → Italian: circospezione
- → Portuguese: circunspeção
- → Romanian: circumspecție
- → Spanish: circunspección
References
- “circumspectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circumspectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circumspectio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- circumspectio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016