praecisio

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Latin

Etymology

From praecīdō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

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

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative praecīsiō praecīsiōnēs
genitive praecīsiōnis praecīsiōnum
dative praecīsiōnī praecīsiōnibus
accusative praecīsiōnem praecīsiōnēs
ablative praecīsiōne praecīsiōnibus
vocative praecīsiō praecīsiōnēs

Descendants

  • French: précision

References

  • “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.
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