circumductio

Latin

Etymology

From circumdūcō (“I lead around”) +‎ -tiō (“-tion”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kumˈduk.ti.oː/, [kɪrkʊn̪ˈd̪ʊkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈduk.t͡si.o/, [t͡ʃirkumˈd̪ukt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

circumductiō f (genitive circumductiōnis); third declension

1. The act of leading or conducting around
2. fraud, swindle

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	circumductiō	circumductiōnēs
Genitive	circumductiōnis	circumductiōnum
Dative	circumductiōnī	circumductiōnibus
Accusative	circumductiōnem	circumductiōnēs
Ablative	circumductiōne	circumductiōnibus
Vocative	circumductiō	circumductiōnēs

Descendants

• Italian: circonduzione

References

• “circumductio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press