LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

circumcursiō

circumcursiō f (genitive circumcursiōnis)
Classical[kɪr.kʊŋˈkʊr.si.oː]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃir.kumˈkur.si.o]

Meaning

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

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecircumcursiōcircumcursiōnēs
genitivecircumcursiōniscircumcursiōnum
dativecircumcursiōnīcircumcursiōnibus
accusativecircumcursiōnemcircumcursiōnēs
ablativecircumcursiōnecircumcursiōnibus
vocativecircumcursiōcircumcursiōnēs

circumcursĭo, ōnis, f. circumcurro,
I. a running around (late Lat.), App. M. 9, p. 222, 41.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin circumcursiō From circumcurrō + -tiō.

Quick answers

What does circumcursiō mean in Latin?
circumcursiō, a noun, means “the action of running around”.
What is the genitive of circumcursiō?
The genitive singular is circumcursiōnis. circumcursiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce circumcursiō?
In classical Latin, [kɪr.kʊŋˈkʊr.si.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [t͡ʃir.kumˈkur.si.o].