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decursio.

attack from high ground, decent; raid, inroad; military pageant; flowing down;

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[deːˈkʊr.si.oː]Classical-Latin[deˈkur.si.o]
  1. running or flowing down

    declension-3
  2. raid, inroad, manœuvre, military exercise, evolution, a descent, hostile attack

    declension-3
Where this word comes from

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.

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