circumcursio

Latin

Etymology

From circumcurrō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kumˈkur.si.oː/, [kɪrkʊŋˈkʊrs̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈkur.si.o/, [t͡ʃirkumˈkursio]

Noun

circumcursiō f (genitive circumcursiōnis); third declension

1. 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.