circumluvio
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From circumluō (“to flow around”), modelled after alluviō (“alluvion”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kir.kumˈlu.u̯i.oː/, [kɪrkʊmˈɫ̪uː̯ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈlu.vi.o/, [t͡ʃirkumˈluːvio]
Noun
[edit]circumluviō f (genitive circumluviōnis); third declension
- alluvion (the formation of land by deposition of sediment) around a piece of land
- alluvial land formed in this way
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | circumluviō | circumluviōnēs |
| genitive | circumluviōnis | circumluviōnum |
| dative | circumluviōnī | circumluviōnibus |
| accusative | circumluviōnem | circumluviōnēs |
| ablative | circumluviōne | circumluviōnibus |
| vocative | circumluviō | circumluviōnēs |
References
[edit]- “circumluvio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circumluvio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers