cursio

Latin

Etymology

From currō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkur.si.oː/, [ˈkʊrs̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkur.si.o/, [ˈkursio]

Noun

cursiō f (genitive cursiōnis); third declension

1. a running
   • 116 BC — 27 BC, Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina, 5.11

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cursiō	cursiōnēs
Genitive	cursiōnis	cursiōnum
Dative	cursiōnī	cursiōnibus
Accusative	cursiōnem	cursiōnēs
Ablative	cursiōne	cursiōnibus
Vocative	cursiō	cursiōnēs

Related terms

• decursio

 

References

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