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LNS

praecīsiō, praecīsiōnis

praecido

noun (f., 3^rd declension)

A cutting off
the piece cut off, a cut, cutting
a breaking off abruptly
An overreaching

Abbreviations

praecīsio, ōnis, f. praecido. A cutting off (post - Aug.): genitalium, App. M. 1, p. 106, 12.

— Transf., concr., the piece cut off, a cut, cutting: tignorum, Vitr. 4, 2; absol., id. 5, 7.

— In rhetoric, a breaking off abruptly, = ἀποσιώπησις, Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41.

— An overreaching (late Lat.): finis praecisionis tuae, Vulg. Jer. 51, 13.