LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

praecīsiō

praecīsiō f (genitive praecīsiōnis)

Meaning

  1. the act of cutting off
  2. a piece cut off; cut, cutting
  3. rhetoricthe act of breaking off abruptly, aposiopesis
  4. an overreaching

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepraecīsiōpraecīsiōnēs
genitivepraecīsiōnispraecīsiōnum
dativepraecīsiōnīpraecīsiōnibus
accusativepraecīsiōnempraecīsiōnēs
ablativepraecīsiōnepraecīsiōnibus
vocativepraecīsiōpraecīsiōnēs

praecīsĭo, ōnis, f. praecido.
I. A cutting off (post - Aug.): genitalium, App. M. 1, p. 106, 12.—
B. Transf., concr., the piece cut off, a cut, cutting: tignorum, Vitr. 4, 2; absol., id. 5, 7.—
II. In rhetoric, a breaking off abruptly, = ἀποσιώπησις, Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41.—
III. An overreaching (late Lat.): finis praecisionis tuae, Vulg. Jer. 51, 13.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin praecīsiō From praecīdō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanprecisió
  • Italianprecisione
  • Frenchprécisionfrom Middle French precision
  • GermanPräzisionfrom Middle French precision
  • Englishprecisionfrom Middle French precision
  • Portugueseprecisão
  • Romanianprecizie
  • Romanianpreciziune
  • Spanishprecisión

Quick answers

What does praecīsiō mean in Latin?
praecīsiō, a noun, means “the act of cutting off; a piece cut off; cut, cutting”.
What is the genitive of praecīsiō?
The genitive singular is praecīsiōnis. praecīsiō is feminine, third declension.