excīsĭo, ōnis, f. [excido],
I a cutting out , excision.
I Prop.: plagae, Pall. 3, 30.— Plur. concr. , the parts cut out , Vitr. 10, 12, 1.—
II A destroying , Cic. Dom. 58, 146; id. Harusp. Resp. 2, 3.
excīsiō ōnis, f ex + 2 SAC-, a destroying : tectorum: urbium. ...
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