circumscriptio
Latin
Etymology
From circumscribō + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɪr.kũːˈskriːp.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃir.kumˈskrip.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
circumscrīptiō f (genitive circumscrīptiōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | circumscrīptiō | circumscrīptiōnēs |
| genitive | circumscrīptiōnis | circumscrīptiōnum |
| dative | circumscrīptiōnī | circumscrīptiōnibus |
| accusative | circumscrīptiōnem | circumscrīptiōnēs |
| ablative | circumscrīptiōne | circumscrīptiōnibus |
| vocative | circumscrīptiō | circumscrīptiōnēs |
Descendants
- → Catalan: circumscripció
- → English: circumscription
- → French: circonscription
- → Galician: circunscrición
- → Italian: circoscrizione
- → Portuguese: circunscrição
- → Romanian: circumscripție
- → Spanish: circunscripción
References
- “circumscriptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circumscriptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circumscriptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.