circumcursio

Latin

Etymology

From circumcurrō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kir.kumˈkur.si.oː/, [kɪrkʊŋˈkʊrs̠ioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈkur.si.o/, [t͡ʃirkumˈkursio]

Noun

circumcursiō f (genitive circumcursiōnis); third declension

the action of running around
- c. 124 CE — c. 170 CE, Lucius Appuleius, Metamorphoses, 9.13

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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.

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