fractio

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

fractĭo, ōnis, f. [frango],

a breaking , breaking in pieces (eccl. Lat.): panis, Hier. Ep. 108, 8; Aug. Cons. Evang. 4, 25; Vulg. Luc. 24, 35.