Lewis Short
concīsĭo (noun F) : 2. concido, prop.
* A cutting; hence
* Lit., a cutting to pieces, destruction, Vulg. Joel, 3, 14.
* Transf.
* A mutilation, Vulg. Phil. 3, 2.
* In rhet., a separating of a sentence into short divisions or clauses, Cic. Part. Or. 6, 19.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary