concisio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

concīsĭo, ōnis, f. [2. concido], prop., 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.

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