circumsessio

Latin

Etymology

From circumsedeō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kumˈses.si.oː/, [kɪrkũːˈs̠ɛs̠ːioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈses.si.o/, [t͡ʃirkumˈsɛsːio]

Noun

circumsessiō f (genitive circumsessiōnis); third declension

1. surrounding, mobbing
2. besieging

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	circumsessiō	circumsessiōnēs
Genitive	circumsessiōnis	circumsessiōnum
Dative	circumsessiōnī	circumsessiōnibus
Accusative	circumsessiōnem	circumsessiōnēs
Ablative	circumsessiōne	circumsessiōnibus
Vocative	circumsessiō	circumsessiōnēs

References

• “circumsessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “circumsessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circumsessio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.