circumductio
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From circumdūcō (“I lead around”) + -tiō (“-tion”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kir.kumˈduk.ti.oː/, [kɪrkʊn̪ˈd̪ʊkt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈduk.t͡si.o/, [t͡ʃirkumˈd̪ukt̪͡s̪io]
Noun[edit]
circumductiō f (genitive circumductiōnis); third declension
- The act of leading or conducting around
- fraud, swindle
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | circumductiō | circumductiōnēs |
| Genitive | circumductiōnis | circumductiōnum |
| Dative | circumductiōnī | circumductiōnibus |
| Accusative | circumductiōnem | circumductiōnēs |
| Ablative | circumductiōne | circumductiōnibus |
| Vocative | circumductiō | circumductiōnēs |
Descendants[edit]
- Italian: circonduzione
References[edit]
- “circumductio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press