abruptio

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

abruptĭo: ōnis, f. abrumpo,
I a breaking or tearing off, a rending asunder.
I Lit.: corrigiae, of a shoe-latchet, * Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84.—
II Trop.: augurii, interruption, Paul. ex Fest. pp. 270 and 271 Müll. —Of divorce, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 11, 3, 1.