circumferentia
Latin
Etymology
From curcumferō (“carry around”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kir.kum.feˈren.ti.a/, [kɪr.kũː.fɛˈrɛn.ti.a]
Noun
circumferentia f (genitive circumferentiae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | circumferentia | circumferentiae |
| genitive | circumferentiae | circumferentiārum |
| dative | circumferentiae | circumferentiīs |
| accusative | circumferentiam | circumferentiās |
| ablative | circumferentiā | circumferentiīs |
| vocative | circumferentia | circumferentiae |
Descendants
- Catalan: circumferència
- English: circumference
- Italian: circonferenza
- Old French: circonference
- French: circonférence
- Norman: circonféthence
- Portuguese: circunferência
- Romanian: circumferință
- Spanish: circunferencia
References
- circumferentia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- circumferentia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- circumferentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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