caesura

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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • (RP) IPA: /siˈzjʊərə/
  • (US) IPA: /siˈzjʊrə/
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Etymology[edit]

Latin caesūra (“cutting, hewing”), from caesus, perfect passive participle of caedō (“I cut down, hew”).

Noun[edit]

caesura (plural caesuras or caesurae)

  1. A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building or other work of art.
  2. In Classical prosody, using two words to divide a metrical foot.

Translations[edit]

a pause or interruption
using two words to divide a metrical foot

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From caedō (“I cut down, hew”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

caesūra (genitive caesūrae); f, first declension

  1. A cutting, felling, hewing down.
  2. A pause in a verse, caesura.

Inflection[edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative caesūra caesūrae
genitive caesūrae caesūrārum
dative caesūrae caesūrīs
accusative caesūram caesūrās
ablative caesūrā caesūrīs
vocative caesūra caesūrae

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