incīsĭo, ōnis, f. [2. incīdo].
I A cutting into , cut , incision : ne incisio vulnus exasperet, Ambros. in Psa. 37, § 42. —
II Transf.
A Rhet. t. t, an incision , i. e. a division , member , clause of a sentence, Gr. κόμμα: de eorum (circuituum) particulis et tamquam incisionibus disserendum est, Cic. Or. 61, 206: in incisionibus et in membris, id. ib. 64, 216; cf. incisum under 2. incido fin. C.—
B Gramm. t. t., a caesura , Diom. p. 496 P.—
C A griping , colic : interiorum, Veg. Vet. 1, 39.