circumcisio

See also: circumcisió

Latin

Etymology

From circumcīdō (“cut around”) +‎ -siō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kunˈkiː.si.oː/, [kɪrkʊŋˈkiːs̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kunˈt͡ʃi.si.o/, [t͡ʃirkun̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːs̬io]

Noun

circumcīsiō f (genitive circumcīsiōnis); third declension

1. circumcision, a cutting around

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	circumcīsiō	circumcīsiōnēs
Genitive	circumcīsiōnis	circumcīsiōnum
Dative	circumcīsiōnī	circumcīsiōnibus
Accusative	circumcīsiōnem	circumcīsiōnēs
Ablative	circumcīsiōne	circumcīsiōnibus
Vocative	circumcīsiō	circumcīsiōnēs

Related terms

• circumcīdō

Descendants

• Catalan: circumcisió
• English: circumcision
• French: circoncision
• Galician: circuncisión
• Italian: circoncisione
• Portuguese: circuncisão
• Romanian: circumcizie
• Spanish: circuncisión

References

• “circumcisio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• circumcisio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• circumcisio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.