circumferentia

Interlingua

Noun

circumferentia (uncountable)

1. circumference

Latin

Etymology

From circumferens (“carry around”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kum.feˈren.ti.a/, [kɪrkũːfɛˈrɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kum.feˈren.t͡si.a/, [t͡ʃirkumfeˈrɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

circumferentia f (genitive circumferentiae); first declension

1. circumference, circle

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	circumferentia	circumferentiae
Genitive	circumferentiae	circumferentiārum
Dative	circumferentiae	circumferentiīs
Accusative	circumferentiam	circumferentiās
Ablative	circumferentiā	circumferentiīs
Vocative	circumferentia	circumferentiae

Descendants

• Catalan: circumferència
• English: circumference
• Italian: circonferenza
• Old French: circonference
  • French: circonférence
  • Norman: circonféthence
• Portuguese: circunferência
• Romanian: circumferință
• Spanish: circunferencia

References

• “circumferentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• circumferentia 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)
• circumferentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.