circumlocutio

== Latin == === Etymology === From circumloquor (“to circumlocute, periphrase”) + -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɪr.kʊm.ɫɔˈkuː.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃir.kum.loˈkut.t͡si.o] === Noun === circumlocūtiō f (genitive circumlocūtiōnis); third declension circumlocution, periphrasis ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: circonlocuzione Spanish: circunlocución === References === “circumlocutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “circumlocutio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. circumlocutio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016