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caesura.

cutting (down/off), felling (of trees); that which was cut off; pause in verse;

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[kae̯ˈsuː.ra]Classical-Latin[t͡ʃeˈs̬uː.ra]
  1. a cutting, felling, hewing down

    declension-1
  2. a pause in a verse, caesura

    declension-1
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin caesūra From caedō + -tūra.

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