excursio

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Latin

Etymology

excurrō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

excursiō f (genitive excursiōnis); third declension

  1. running forth
  2. sally, onset, attack

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative excursiō excursiōnēs
Genitive excursiōnis excursiōnum
Dative excursiōnī excursiōnibus
Accusative excursiōnem excursiōnēs
Ablative excursiōne excursiōnibus
Vocative excursiō excursiōnēs

Descendants

References

  • excursio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • excursio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • excursio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to make an inroad into hostile territory: excursionem in hostium agros facere
    • to make a sally, sortie from the town: crebras ex oppido excursiones facere (B. G. 2. 30)