LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

excursiō

excursiō f (genitive excursiōnis)
Classical[ɛkˈskʊr.si.oː]Ecclesiastical[ekˈskur.si.o]

Meaning

  1. running forth
  2. sally, onset, attack

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeexcursiōexcursiōnēs
genitiveexcursiōnisexcursiōnum
dativeexcursiōnīexcursiōnibus
accusativeexcursiōnemexcursiōnēs
ablativeexcursiōneexcursiōnibus
vocativeexcursiōexcursiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

excursionem in hostium agros facere
to make an inroad into hostile territory.
crebras ex oppido excursiones facere (B. G. 2. 30)
to make a sally, sortie from the town.

excursĭo, ōnis, f. excurro,
I. a running out or forth.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: status (oratoris) erectus et celsus: excursio moderata eaque rara, a stepping forwards, Cic. Or. 18, 59; so, nec vultu nec manu nec excursionibus nimius, Quint. 1, 11, 3: an intentione rei familiaris obeundae crebris excursionibus avocaris? excursions, Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 2: longinquae aut breves, Dig. 33, 1, 13 fin.—
B. In partic., milit. t. t., a sally, onset, attack; an excursion, inroad, invasion: crebras ex oppido excursiones faciebant, Caes. B. G. 2, 30, 1: copiae, quibus fines suos ab excursionibus hostium et latrociniis tueretur, Cic. Deiot. 8, 22: equitatus, id. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 16: via excursionibus barbarorum infesta, id. Prov. Cons. 2, 4; cf.: oram maris infestam regiae naves excursionibus crebris faciebant, Liv. 37, 14, 3; 30, 11, 6; 30, 8, 4; 37, 38, 9 al.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen.: relinquendae erunt vacuae tabellae, in quibus libera adiciendo sit excursio. free room or play for insertions, Quint. 10, 3, 32: ne qua ex ea narratione fiat excursio, digression, id. 4, 2, 103.—
B. In partic. (acc. to I. B.), outset, commencement of a speech: sed haec fuerit nobis, tamquam levis armaturae, prima orationis excursio, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26: prooemium, proxima huic narratio: propositio post hanc, vel ut quibusdam placuit, excursio, Quint. 2, 13, 1.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin excursiō From excurrō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanexcursió
  • Englishexcursion
  • Frenchexcursion
  • Italianescursione
  • Portugueseexcursão
  • Romanianexcursie
  • Spanishexcursión
  • Galicianexcursión
  • Piedmonteseescursion
  • Russianэкскурсия

In English words that came into English from excursiō

  • excursionexcursiō

Quick answers

What does excursiō mean in Latin?
excursiō, a noun, means “running forth; sally, onset, attack”.
What is the genitive of excursiō?
The genitive singular is excursiōnis. excursiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce excursiō?
In classical Latin, [ɛkˈskʊr.si.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ekˈskur.si.o].