LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

circuitiō

circuitiō f (genitive circuitiōnis)

Meaning

  1. rotation, revolution
  2. orbit
  3. circumference
  4. circumlocution
  5. patrol

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecircuitiōcircuitiōnēs
circumitiōnēs
genitivecircuitiōnis
circumitiōnis		circuitiōnum
circumitiōnum
dativecircuitiōnī
circumitiōnī		circuitiōnibus
circumitiōnibus
accusativecircuitiōnem
circumitiōnem		circuitiōnēs
circumitiōnēs
ablativecircuitiōne
circumitiōne		circuitiōnibus
circumitiōnibus
vocativecircuitiōcircuitiōnēs
circumitiōnēs

circŭĭtĭo (circŭmĭtĭo, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40; 2, 61, 127; Liv. 3, 6, 9; Front. de Or. 3; Amm. 24, 2, 2), ōnis, f. circumeo.
I. A going round; in milit. lang., the rounds: circuitio ac cura (vigiliarum) aedilium plebei erat. Liv. 3, 6, 9.—
2. A circuit: muni mentum fluminis circumitione vallatum, Amm 24, 2, 2.—
B. Trop., a circuitous mode, a circumlocution. ita aperte ipsam rem modo locutus, nil circuitione usus es, Ter. And. 1, 2, 31: quid opus est circumitione et anfractu? Cic. Div. 2, 61, 127, cf. Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43: Epicurus circuitione quādam (in an indirect manner) deos tollens, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40.—
II. Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), a place for going round something, a way, passage, corridor, Vitr. 4, 4; 6, 3; 10, 19.—
B. A circumference, compass, Vitr. 1, 5; 2, 10.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin circuitiō From circueō + -tiō.

Quick answers

What does circuitiō mean in Latin?
circuitiō, a noun, means “rotation, revolution; orbit; circumference”.
What is the genitive of circuitiō?
The genitive singular is circuitiōnis. circuitiō is feminine, third declension.