praecisio
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]praecīsiō f (genitive praecīsiōnis); third declension
- the act of cutting off
- a piece cut off; cut, cutting
- (rhetoric) the act of breaking off abruptly, aposiopesis
- an overreaching
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | praecīsiō | praecīsiōnēs |
Genitive | praecīsiōnis | praecīsiōnum |
Dative | praecīsiōnī | praecīsiōnibus |
Accusative | praecīsiōnem | praecīsiōnēs |
Ablative | praecīsiōne | praecīsiōnibus |
Vocative | praecīsiō | praecīsiōnēs |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “praecisio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praecisio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.