Latin edit

Etymology edit

See the verb excīdō (I cut or hew out, off, or down).

Noun edit

excīsiō f (genitive excīsiōnis); third declension

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

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative excīsiō excīsiōnēs
Genitive excīsiōnis excīsiōnum
Dative excīsiōnī excīsiōnibus
Accusative excīsiōnem excīsiōnēs
Ablative excīsiōne excīsiōnibus
Vocative excīsiō excīsiōnēs

Descendants edit

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

References edit

  • 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.