decursio

Latin

Etymology

From dēcurrō (“to run downward, to rush”) +‎ -tiō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”), from de- (“down, downward”) +‎ curro (“to run”), from Proto-Italic *korzō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Equivalent to de- +‎ cursio.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈkur.si.oː/, [d̪eːˈkʊrs̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈkur.si.o/, [d̪eˈkursio]

Noun

dēcursiō f (genitive dēcursiōnis); third declension

1. running or flowing down

   Synonyms: dēscēnsus, dēscēnsiō, dēcursus

   Antonyms: ēscēnsiō, ascēnsiō, inscensiō, cōnscēnsiō, cōnscēnsus, ascēnsus, escēnsus

2. raid, inroad, manœuvre, military exercise, evolution, a descent, hostile attack

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēcursiō	dēcursiōnēs
genitive	dēcursiōnis	dēcursiōnum
dative	dēcursiōnī	dēcursiōnibus
accusative	dēcursiōnem	dēcursiōnēs
ablative	dēcursiōne	dēcursiōnibus
vocative	dēcursiō	dēcursiōnēs

References

• “decursio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• decursio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “decursio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “decursio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin