abscissio

Latin

Etymology

From abscindō (“tear away; separate”) +‎ -tiō, from ab (“from, away from”) + scindō (“cut, tear; divide”).

Pronunciation

Noun

abscissiō f (genitive abscissiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of breaking off or tearing away from a discourse; interruption.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative abscissiō abscissiōnēs
genitive abscissiōnis abscissiōnum
dative abscissiōnī abscissiōnibus
accusative abscissiōnem abscissiōnēs
ablative abscissiōne abscissiōnibus
vocative abscissiō abscissiōnēs

Descendants

  • English: abscission

References

  • “abscissio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • abscissio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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