recursio

Latin

Etymology

From recurrō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

recursiō f (genitive recursiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of running back; backward course, return.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative recursiō recursiōnēs
genitive recursiōnis recursiōnum
dative recursiōnī recursiōnibus
accusative recursiōnem recursiōnēs
ablative recursiōne recursiōnibus
vocative recursiō recursiōnēs

Descendants

  • English: recursion
  • French: récursion
  • Italian: recursione
  • Portuguese: recursão
  • Spanish: recursión

References

  • recursio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • recursio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.