sectio

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Latin

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Etymology

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From secāre, secō (to cut) +‎ -tiō.

Noun

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sectiō f (genitive sectiōnis); third declension

  1. cutting off or up
  2. mowing
  3. surgery
  4. castration
  5. division, section

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sectiō sectiōnēs
Genitive sectiōnis sectiōnum
Dative sectiōnī sectiōnibus
Accusative sectiōnem sectiōnēs
Ablative sectiōne sectiōnibus
Vocative sectiō sectiōnēs

Descendants

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References

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  • sectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sectio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sectio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • sectio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin