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praecisio
praecisio
Latin
Noun
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
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | praecīsiō | praecīsiōnēs |
| genitive | praecīsiōnis | praecīsiōnum |
| dative | praecīsiōnī | praecīsiōnibus |
| accusative | praecīsiōnem | praecīsiōnēs |
| ablative | praecīsiōne | praecīsiōnibus |
| vocative | praecīsiō | praecīsiōnēs |
References
- praecisio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “praecisio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.