circumspectio
Latin
Etymology
From circumspiciō + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kir.kumˈspek.ti.oː/, [kɪrkũːˈs̠pɛkt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈspek.t͡si.o/, [t͡ʃirkumˈspɛkt̪͡s̪io]
Noun
circumspectiō f (genitive circumspectiōnis); third declension
- looking around
- caution, circumspection; foresight
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
- English: circumspection
- French: circonspection
- Italian: circospezione
- → Portuguese: circunspeção
- Romanian: circumspecție
- Spanish: circunspección
References
- “circumspectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circumspectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circumspectio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- circumspectio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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