noun

caesūra

gen. caesūrae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

A cutting; felling; hewing •

A cutting, felling, hewing, hewing off ligni, Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 230; silvae, id. 17, 20, 34, § 151—

that which is hewn; cut off by metonymy

Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), that which is hewn or cut off, Plin. 8, 26, 40, § 96.—

a pause in a verse; cœsura; called also

In metre, a pause in a verse, cœsura; called also incisio, Diom. p. 496 P.; Bed. Metr. p. 2368 ib.

Perseus ID: n6110 Key: caesura