circumductus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kunˈduk.tus/, [kɪrkʊn̪ˈd̪ʊkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kunˈduk.tus/, [t͡ʃirkun̪ˈd̪ukt̪us]

Etymology 1

From circumdūcō (“I lead around”).

Noun

circumductus m (genitive circumductūs); fourth declension

1. perimeter
2. A circular movement.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	circumductus	circumductūs
Genitive	circumductūs	circumductuum
Dative	circumductuī	circumductibus
Accusative	circumductum	circumductūs
Ablative	circumductū	circumductibus
Vocative	circumductus	circumductūs

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of circumdūcō (“I lead around”).

Participle

circumductus (feminine circumducta, neuter circumductum); first/second-declension participle

1. led around or away
2. cheated

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	circumductus	circumducta	circumductum		circumductī	circumductae	circumducta
Genitive	circumductī	circumductae	circumductī		circumductōrum	circumductārum	circumductōrum
Dative	circumductō		circumductō		circumductīs
Accusative	circumductum	circumductam	circumductum		circumductōs	circumductās	circumducta
Ablative	circumductō	circumductā	circumductō		circumductīs
Vocative	circumducte	circumducta	circumductum		circumductī	circumductae	circumducta

Descendants

• English: circumduct

References

• “circumductus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• circumductus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.