circumscriptio

Latin

Etymology

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.

Case 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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