recursio

== Latin == === Etymology === From recurrō + -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [rɛˈkʊr.si.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [reˈkur.si.o] === Noun === recursiō f (genitive recursiōnis); third declension The act of running back; backward course, return. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== English: recursion French: récursion Italian: recursione Portuguese: recursão Spanish: recursión === References === “recursio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “recursio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.