scissio

Latin

Etymology

From scindō (“I cut, cleave, divide”) (supine scissum) +‎ -tiō (“-tion”, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

scissiō f (genitive scissiōnis); third declension

  1. A cleaving, dividing, scission (of a number).

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative scissiō scissiōnēs
genitive scissiōnis scissiōnum
dative scissiōnī scissiōnibus
accusative scissiōnem scissiōnēs
ablative scissiōne scissiōnibus
vocative scissiō scissiōnēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: escissió
  • English: scission
  • French: scission
  • Italian: scissione
  • Portuguese: cisão, cissão, scisão (pre-reform spelling)
  • Spanish: escisión

References

  • “scissio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scissio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • scissio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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