circumsessio

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Latin

Etymology

From circumsedeō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

circumsessiō f (genitive circumsessiōnis); third declension

  1. surrounding, mobbing
  2. besieging

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

  • circumsessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • circumsessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • circumsessio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.