concīsĭo

ōnis, f.

2. concido

I. a cutting; hence,
I. Lit., a cutting to pieces, destruction, Vulg. Joel, 3, 14.—
II. Transf.
A. A mutilation, Vulg. Phil. 3, 2.—
B. In rhet., a separating of a sentence into short divisions or clauses, Cic. Part. Or. 6, 19.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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