sectio

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin sectiō. Doublet of section. === Pronunciation === enPR: sĕk′shē-ō (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛk.ʃiː.əʊ̯/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsɛk.ʃi.oʊ̯/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsek.ʃiː.əʉ̯/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈsek.ʃiː.ɐʉ̯/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈsɛk.ʃi.o/ (India) IPA(key): /ˈsɛk.ʃiː.oː/ Rhymes: -ɛkʃiːəʊ Hyphenation: sec‧ti‧o === Noun === sectio (plural sectiones) (anatomy) A section or cutting; a subdivision or segment. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “sectio”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026, retrieved 24 August 2025 William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “sectio, n.”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volume IV, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page n, column 2. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “sectio, n.”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to XII), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 5457, column 2. == Latin == === Etymology === From secō (“to cut”) + -tiō (“-tion”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɛk.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛk.t͡si.o] Hyphenation: sec‧ti‧ō === Noun === sectiō f (genitive sectiōnis); third declension cutting off, cutting up mowing surgery castration division, section ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “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, 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