praecisio

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Latin

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Etymology

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From praecīdō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

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praecīsiō f (genitive praecīsiōnis); third declension

  1. the act of cutting off
  2. a piece cut off; cut, cutting
  3. (rhetoric) the act of breaking off abruptly, aposiopesis
  4. an overreaching

Declension

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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

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  • French: précision

References

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  • 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.