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

1. circumference

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, s.v. “circumferentia”.