decursio

Latin

Etymology

From dēcurrō (to run downward, to rush) + -tiō (-tion: forming abstract nouns), from de- (down, downward) + curro (to run), from Proto-Italic *korzō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (to run). Equivalent to de- + cursio.

Pronunciation

Noun

dēcursiō f (genitive dēcursiōnis); third declension

  1. running or flowing down
    Synonyms: dēscēnsus, dēscēnsiō, dēcursus
    Antonyms: ēscēnsiō, ascēnsiō, inscensiō, cōnscēnsiō, cōnscēnsus, ascēnsus, escēnsus
  2. raid, inroad, manœuvre, military exercise, evolution, a descent, hostile attack

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dēcursiō dēcursiōnēs
Genitive dēcursiōnis dēcursiōnum
Dative dēcursiōnī dēcursiōnibus
Accusative dēcursiōnem dēcursiōnēs
Ablative dēcursiōne dēcursiōnibus
Vocative dēcursiō dēcursiōnēs

References

  • decursio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • decursio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • decursio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • decursio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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