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

Descendants

French: précision
- English: precision
- German: Präzision

References

praecisio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
praecisio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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