abscisus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of abscīdō (“cut off,cut short”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈskiː.sus/, [äpˈs̠kiːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈʃi.sus/, [äbˈʃiːs̬us]

Adjective

abscīsus (feminine abscīsa, neuter abscīsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. steep, sheer, precipitous
2. abrupt, curt, brusque
3. restricted
4. severed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	abscīsus	abscīsa	abscīsum		abscīsī	abscīsae	abscīsa
Genitive	abscīsī	abscīsae	abscīsī		abscīsōrum	abscīsārum	abscīsōrum
Dative	abscīsō		abscīsō		abscīsīs
Accusative	abscīsum	abscīsam	abscīsum		abscīsōs	abscīsās	abscīsa
Ablative	abscīsō	abscīsā	abscīsō		abscīsīs
Vocative	abscīse	abscīsa	abscīsum		abscīsī	abscīsae	abscīsa

References

• “abscisus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abscisus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• abscisus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.