noun

abruptĭo

gen. abruptōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd

a breaking; tearing off; a rending asunder

a breaking or tearing off, a rending asunder.

of a shoe-latchet

Lit.: corrigiae, of a shoe-latchet, * Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84.—

interruption figuratively

Trop.: augurii, interruption, Paul. ex Fest. pp. 270 and 271 Müll. —Of divorce, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 11, 3, 1.

Perseus ID: n188 Key: abruptio