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rescindo
rescindo
Latin
Etymology
From re- (“back”) + scindō (“cut, tear asunder; separate”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈskin.doː/
Verb
rescindō (present infinitive rescindere, perfect active rescidī, supine rescissum); third conjugation
- I cut off, cut or break down or back, cut or tear open or loose.
- (figuratively) I annul, abolish, abrogate, cancel, revoke, repeal, rescind.
Inflection
Synonyms
- (annul): abrogō
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References
- rescindo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rescindo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “rescindo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to declare a will to be null and void: testamentum rescindere
- to break down a bridge: pontem dissolvere, rescindere, interscindere (B. G. 2. 9. 4)
- to declare a magistrate's decisions null and void: acta rescindere, dissolvere (Phil. 13. 3. 5)
- to rescind a decision: iudicium rescindere
- to rescind a decision: res iudicatas rescindere (Cic. Sull. 22. 63)
- to declare a will to be null and void: testamentum rescindere