abscissio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈskis.si.oː/, [äpˈs̠kɪs̠ːioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈʃis.si.o/, [äbˈʃisːio]

Noun

abscissiō f (genitive abscissiōnis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	abscissiō	abscissiōnēs
Genitive	abscissiōnis	abscissiōnum
Dative	abscissiōnī	abscissiōnibus
Accusative	abscissiōnem	abscissiōnēs
Ablative	abscissiōne	abscissiōnibus
Vocative	abscissiō	abscissiōnēs

Related terms

• abscindō
• abscissus

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.