circumscriptio

circumscriptio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.
Latin circus
Latin circum
Latin circum-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti
Proto-Italic *skreiβō
Latin scrībō
Latin circumscribō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin circumscrīptiō

    From circumscribō + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    circumscrīptiō f (genitive circumscrīptiōnis); third declension

    1. circle, circumference
    2. boundary, outline, contour
    3. cheating, fraud

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative circumscrīptiō circumscrīptiōnēs
    genitive circumscrīptiōnis circumscrīptiōnum
    dative circumscrīptiōnī circumscrīptiōnibus
    accusative circumscrīptiōnem circumscrīptiōnēs
    ablative circumscrīptiōne circumscrīptiōnibus
    vocative circumscrīptiō circumscrīptiōnēs

    Descendants

    References

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