circumluvio

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Latin

Etymology

From circumluō (“to flow around”), modelled after alluviō (“alluvion”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kumˈlu.u̯i.oː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈlu.vi.o/,

Noun

circumluviō f (genitive circumluviōnis); third declension

alluvion (the formation of land by deposition of sediment) around a piece of land
alluvial land formed in this way

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	circumluviō	circumluviōnēs
genitive	circumluviōnis	circumluviōnum
dative	circumluviōnī	circumluviōnibus
accusative	circumluviōnem	circumluviōnēs
ablative	circumluviōne	circumluviōnibus
vocative	circumluviō	circumluviōnēs

References

“circumluvio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“circumluvio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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