excisio

Latin

Etymology

From excīdō (I cut or hew out, off, or down) +‎ -tiō.

Noun

excīsiō f (genitive excīsiōnis); third declension

  1. cutting off, out or down
  2. excision
  3. destroying

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative excīsiō excīsiōnēs
genitive excīsiōnis excīsiōnum
dative excīsiōnī excīsiōnibus
accusative excīsiōnem excīsiōnēs
ablative excīsiōne excīsiōnibus
vocative excīsiō excīsiōnēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: excisió
  • English: excision
  • Spanish: excisión

References

  • excisio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • excisio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • excisio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.