scissio

Latin

Etymology

From scindō (“I cut, cleave, divide”) (supine scissum) +‎ -tiō (“-tion”, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskis.si.oː/, [ˈs̠kɪs̠ːioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈʃis.si.o/, [ˈʃisːio]

Noun

scissiō f (genitive scissiōnis); third declension

1. A cleaving, dividing, scission (of a number).

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	scissiō	scissiōnēs
genitive	scissiōnis	scissiōnum
dative	scissiōnī	scissiōnibus
accusative	scissiōnem	scissiōnēs
ablative	scissiōne	scissiōnibus
vocative	scissiō	scissiōnēs

Related terms

• scindō
• scindula
• scissilis
• scissim
• scissus

Descendants

• Catalan: escissió
• English: scission
• French: scission
• Italian: scissione
• Portuguese: cisão, cissão
• Spanish: escisión

References

• “scissio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scissio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• scissio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016