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.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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