praecīsĭo, ōnis, f. [praecido].
I A cutting off (post - Aug.): genitalium, Ap. Met. 1, 9, 3.—
B Transf., concr., the piece cut off , a cut , cutting : tignorum, Vitr. 4, 2; absol. , id. 5, 7.—
II In rhetoric, a breaking off abruptly , = ἀποσιώπησις, Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41.—
III An overreaching (late Lat.): finis praecisionis tuae, Vulg. Jer. 51, 13.