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Latin
Etymology
From dēcurrō (“to run downward, to rush”) + -tiō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”), from de- (“down, downward”) + curro (“to run”), from Proto-Italic *korzō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Equivalent to de- + cursio.
Pronunciation
Noun
dēcursiō f (genitive dēcursiōnis); third declension
- running or flowing down
- Synonyms: dēscēnsus, dēscēnsiō, dēcursus
- Antonyms: ēscēnsiō, ascēnsiō, inscensiō, cōnscēnsiō, cōnscēnsus, ascēnsus, escēnsus
- raid, inroad, manœuvre, military exercise, evolution, a descent, hostile attack
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “decursio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- decursio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “decursio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “decursio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin