recursio

Latin

Etymology

From recurrō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈkur.si.oː/, [rɛˈkʊrs̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈkur.si.o/, [reˈkursio]

Noun

recursiō f (genitive recursiōnis); third declension

1. The act of running back; backward course, return.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	recursiō	recursiōnēs
Genitive	recursiōnis	recursiōnum
Dative	recursiōnī	recursiōnibus
Accusative	recursiōnem	recursiōnēs
Ablative	recursiōne	recursiōnibus
Vocative	recursiō	recursiōnēs

Descendants

• English: recursion
• French: récursion
• Italian: recursione
• Portuguese: recursão
• Spanish: recursión

References

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