LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

circumventiō

circumventiō f (genitive circumventiōnis)
Classical[kɪr.kʊmˈwɛn.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃir.kumˈvɛn.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. fraud, trickery
  2. circumvention

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecircumventiōcircumventiōnēs
genitivecircumventiōniscircumventiōnum
dativecircumventiōnīcircumventiōnibus
accusativecircumventiōnemcircumventiōnēs
ablativecircumventiōnecircumventiōnibus
vocativecircumventiōcircumventiōnēs

circumventĭo, ōnis, f. circumvenio, II. B. 2.,
I. a circumventing, defrauding (postclass. and rare): adversarii, Dig. 4, 4, 17; Cod. Just. 2, 43, 3: innocentium, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 22.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin circumventiō From circumveniō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Italiancirconvenzione
  • Portuguesecircunvenção

In English words that came into English from circumventiō

  • circumventioncircumventiō

Quick answers

What does circumventiō mean in Latin?
circumventiō, a noun, means “fraud, trickery; circumvention”.
What is the genitive of circumventiō?
The genitive singular is circumventiōnis. circumventiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce circumventiō?
In classical Latin, [kɪr.kʊmˈwɛn.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [t͡ʃir.kumˈvɛn.t͡si.o].