LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

discursātiō

discursātiō f (genitive discursātiōnis)
Classical[dɪs.kʊrˈsaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[dis.kurˈsat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. a running hither and thither, a running about
    c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, De Brevitate Vitae 3.2
    c. 100 CE — c. 170 CE, Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Strategemata, 1.5 .28

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativediscursātiōdiscursātiōnēs
genitivediscursātiōnisdiscursātiōnum
dativediscursātiōnīdiscursātiōnibus
accusativediscursātiōnemdiscursātiōnēs
ablativediscursātiōnediscursātiōnibus
vocativediscursātiōdiscursātiōnēs

discursātĭo, ōnis, f. discurso,
I. a running hither and thither, a running about (post-Aug. and rare): officiosa per urbem, Sen. Brev. Vit. 3: magna, Front. Strat. 1, 5 fin.: animalium, Lact. Opif. D. 3.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin discursātiō From discursō + -tiō.

Quick answers

What does discursātiō mean in Latin?
discursātiō, a noun, means “a running hither and thither, a running about”.
What is the genitive of discursātiō?
The genitive singular is discursātiōnis. discursātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce discursātiō?
In classical Latin, [dɪs.kʊrˈsaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [dis.kurˈsat.t͡si.o].