praecīsĭo
ōnis, f.
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.