abruptĭo

ōnis, f.

abrumpo

I. a breaking or tearing off, a rending asunder.
I. Lit.: corrigiae, of a shoe-latchet, * Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84.—
II. Trop.: augurii, interruption, Paul. ex Fest. pp. 270 and 271 Müll. —Of divorce, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 11, 3, 1.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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