n.
Pronunciation: si- ' zyu ̇ r- ə , - ' zhu ̇ r-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -suras or -su · rae \ - ' zyu ̇ r-( ˌ ) ē , - ' zhu ̇ r- \
Etymology: Late Latin, from Latin, act of cutting, from caedere to cut
Date: 1556
1 in modern prosody : a usually rhetorical break in the flow of sound in the middle of a line of verse
2 Greek & Latin prosody : a break in the flow of sound in a verse caused by the ending of a word within a foot
3 : BREAK , INTERRUPTION
4 : a pause marking a rhythmic point of division in a melody
– cae · su · ral \ - ' zyu ̇ r- ə l, - ' zhu ̇ r- \ adjective