decursio

== 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 === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈkʊr.si.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [deˈkur.si.o] === 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