abscisus

== Latin == === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of abscīdō (“cut off,cut short”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [apˈskiː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [abˈʃiː.s̬us] === Adjective === abscīsus (feminine abscīsa, neuter abscīsum); first/second-declension adjective steep, sheer, precipitous abrupt, curt, brusque restricted severed ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “abscisus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “abscisus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “abscisus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.