noun · femininethird declension
concursiō
concursiō f (genitive concursiōnis)
Meaning
- concurrence, juxtaposition (of inanimate objects)
- rhetoricsymploce
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | concursiō | concursiōnēs |
| genitive | concursiōnis | concursiōnum |
| dative | concursiōnī | concursiōnibus |
| accusative | concursiōnem | concursiōnēs |
| ablative | concursiōne | concursiōnibus |
| vocative | concursiō | concursiōnēs |
concursĭo, ōnis, f. concurro, II.,
I. a running or meeting together, a concurrence, concourse (several times in Cic.; elsewhere rare).
I. In gen.:
atomorum, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 6: ut (corpora) concursionibus inter se cohaerescant, id. Fin. 1, 6, 17: stellarum, Gell. 14, 1, 29: crebra vocum, Cic. Or. 44, 151; cf.: crebrae vocalium, Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18: fortuitorum, Cic. Top. 20, 76.—II. Esp., in rhet., a figure of speech, consisting of an emphatic repetition of the last words of a sentence, Gr. συμπλοκή:
concursio et impetus in eadem verba, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206 (quoted by Quint. 9, 1, 33); cf. Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
concursiō ōnis, f
concurro, a concurrence, concourse: atomorum: crebra vocum. — Fig., in rhet., an emphatic repetition: in eadem verba.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin concursiō From concurrō (“to run together, flock”) + -tiō (noun formation suffix).