Latin

Noun

excursiō f ‎(genitive excursiōnis); third declension

1. running forth
2. sally, onset, attack

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• French: excursion
• Russian: экскурсия ‎(ekskursija)

References

• excursio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• excursio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “excursio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make an inroad into hostile territory: excursionem in hostium agros facere
    
  • to make a sally, sortie from the town: crebras ex oppido excursiones facere (B. G. 2. 30)