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.
| Case | 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