discursatio

Latin

Etymology

From discursō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dis.kurˈsaː.ti.oː/, [d̪ɪs̠kʊrˈs̠äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dis.kurˈsat.t͡si.o/, [d̪iskurˈsät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

discursātiō f (genitive discursātiōnis); third declension

1. a running hither and thither, a running about
   • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, De Brevitate Vitae 3.2
   • c. 100 CE — c. 170 CE, Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Strategemata, 1.5 .28
   • c. 240 CE — c. 320 CE, Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius, De Opificio Dei, 1.5.28
   • c. 160 CE – c. 225 CE, Tertullian, Apologeticus 39

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	discursātiō	discursātiōnēs
genitive	discursātiōnis	discursātiōnum
dative	discursātiōnī	discursātiōnibus
accusative	discursātiōnem	discursātiōnēs
ablative	discursātiōne	discursātiōnibus
vocative	discursātiō	discursātiōnēs

References

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