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