circumlocutio

Latin

Etymology

From circumloquor (“I circumlocute, periphrase”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kum.loˈkuː.ti.oː/, [kɪrkʊmɫ̪ɔˈkuːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kum.loˈkut.t͡si.o/, [t͡ʃirkumloˈkut̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

circumlocūtiō f (genitive circumlocūtiōnis); third declension

1. circumlocution, periphrasis

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	circumlocūtiō	circumlocūtiōnēs
Genitive	circumlocūtiōnis	circumlocūtiōnum
Dative	circumlocūtiōnī	circumlocūtiōnibus
Accusative	circumlocūtiōnem	circumlocūtiōnēs
Ablative	circumlocūtiōne	circumlocūtiōnibus
Vocative	circumlocūtiō	circumlocūtiōnēs

Descendants

• Italian: circonlocuzione
• Spanish: circunlocución

References

• “circumlocutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• circumlocutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• circumlocutio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016