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  • 41 dilanio

    dī-lănĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to tear to pieces, to dilacerate (rare but class.):

    (Clodii cadaver) canibus dilaniandum reliquisti,

    Cic. Mil. 13; cf. id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 24; Ov. M. 6, 645; 10, 387; Tac. A. 11, 22; 36; Vulg. Luc. 2, 39 al.— Trop.:

    animam (c. c. dispergere),

    Lucr. 3, 538.—In a Gr. construction:

    dilaniata comas,

    Ov. Am. 3, 9, 52.

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  • 42 eviscero

    ē-viscĕro, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. ( poet. and in post-class. prose).
    1. A.
    Lit., Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 413 ed. Vahl.); Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64 fin. — Hence,
    2.
    In gen., to tear to pieces, lacerate:

    columbam (accipiter),

    Verg. A. 11, 723.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    opes,

    i. e. to dissipate, squander, exhaust, Cod. Just. 3, 29, 7:

    fidem,

    Ambros. Luc. 4, § 26; cf.:

    cum ceteri amnes abluant terras et eviscerent,

    Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 10.—
    * II.
    To take out of the bowels or interior part. — Transf.:

    unio e concha evisceratus,

    Sol. 53 fin.

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  • 43 lambero

    lambĕro, āre, v. a., to tear to pieces (ante-class.): lamberat scindit ac laniat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 118 Müll.—Prov.:

    lepide, Charine, meo me ludo lamberas,

    you beat me at my own game, pay me in my own coin, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 53.

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  • 44 lancino

    lancĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [cf. lacer], to tear to pieces, to rend, mangle, lacerate ( poet. and post-Aug.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    alium ira in cubili suo confodit... alium intra leges celebrisque spectaculum fori lancinavit, Sen. de Ira, 1, 2, 2: morsu aliquem,

    Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 13:

    conjux membratim lancinatur,

    Arn. 1, 20:

    tot sinus Pelopennesi oram lancinant,

    indent, cut up, Plin. 4, 5, 9, § 19.—
    II.
    Trop., to destroy, consume, waste: Cat. 29, 18:

    vitam (al. lanciniare),

    to fritter away, waste, Sen. Ep. 32, 2:

    credulitatem facetiis jocularibus,

    Arn. 2, 47.

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  • 45 Sphinx

    Sphinx, ngis (Gr. gen. Sphingos, Stat. Th. 1, 66), f., = Sphinx.
    I.
    A fabulous monster near Thebes that used to propose riddles to travellers, and tear in pieces those who could not solve them; usually represented with the head of a woman and the body of a lion, afterwards also with the wings of a bird;

    or, also, with the head of a man and the body of a lion,

    Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 77 sqq.; Aus. Idyll. 11, 40; Sen. Phoen. 119; id. Oedip. 92; Stat. Th. 1, 66; Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 35; Hyg. Fab. 67 al.—Augustus had the figure of a sphinx upon his seal, as a symbol of silence, Suet. Aug. 50; Plin. 37, 1, 4, § 10.— Plur.:

    pedes formati in speciem sphingum, Fest. s. v. picati, p. 206.— In a lusus verbb.,

    Quint. 6, 3, 98.—
    II.
    A species of ape, perh. the chimpanzee, Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 72; Mel. 3, 9; Sol. 27 fin.

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  • 46 scido

    I
    scidere, scicidi, - V TRANS
    tear, rend, cut to pieces; tear in rage/grief/despair; (archaic perf. of scido)
    II
    scidere, scidi, scisus V TRANS
    tear, rend, cut to pieces; tear (clothes/hair in rage/grief/despair)

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  • 47 carpō

        carpō psī, ptus, ere    [CARP-], to pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather: flores, H.: rosam, V.: manibus frondes, V.: frumenta manu, V. — To take ( as nourishment), crop, pluck off, browse, graze on: gramen, V.: pabula, O.: (apis) thyma, H.: Invidia summa cacumina carpit, O.: (prandium) quod erit bellissumum, pick dainties, T.—To tear off, tear away, pluck off, pull out (poet.): inter cornua saetas, V.: vellera, to spin, V.: pensum, H.: ex collo coronas, to pull off, H. — Fig., to pluck, snatch: flosculos (orationis): luctantia oscula, to snatch, O.—To enjoy, seize, use, make use of: breve ver, O.: diem, redeem, H.: auras vitalīs, V.: quietem, V.—To gnaw at, tear, blame, censure, carp at, slander, calumniate, revile: maledico dente: militum vocibus nonnihil carpi, Cs.: alquem sermonibus, L.: opus, O.—To weaken, enfeeble, wear away, consume, destroy: regina caeco carpitur igni, V.: invidia carpit et carpitur unā, O.: Tot tuos labores, i. e. to obscure the fame of, H.—In war, to inflict injury upon, weaken, harass: agmen adversariorum, Cs.: vires Romanas, L.: extrema agminis, L. — To cut to pieces, divide: carpenda membris minutioribus oratio: in multas partīs exercitum, L.—To take apart, single out: tu non animadvertes in omnes, sed carpes ut velis: carpi paucos ad ignominiam. — To go, tread upon, pass over, navigate, sail through, take one's way. viam, V.: supremum iter (i. e. mori), H.: gyrum, to go in a circle, V.: mare, O.: Carpitur acclivis trames, O.
    * * *
    carpere, carpsi, carptus V TRANS
    seize/pick/pluck/gather/browse/tear off; graze/crop; tease/pull out/card (wool); separate/divide, tear down; carve; despoil/fleece; pursue/harry; consume/erode

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  • 48 carpo

    carpo, psi, ptum, 3 [cf.: rapio, harpazô, karpos; Engl. grab, grip, grasp].
    I.
    Lit., of plants, flowers, fruits, etc., to pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather (class.; in prose and poetry, esp. in the latter very freq.; syn. decerpere).
    A.
    In gen.:

    (flos) tenui carptus ungui,

    Cat. 62, 43; Hor. C. 3, 27, 44; Ov. M. 9, 342:

    ab arbore flores,

    id. ib. 9, 380; cf.

    infra, II.: rosam, poma,

    Verg. G. 4, 134:

    violas et papavera,

    id. E. 2, 47:

    violas, lilia,

    Ov. M. 5, 392:

    frondes uncis manibus,

    id. G. 2, 366:

    plenis pomaria ramis,

    Ov. H. 4, 29:

    vindemiam de palmite,

    Verg. G. 2, 90:

    fructus,

    id. ib. 2, 501:

    frumenta manu,

    id. ib. 3, 176.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Of animals, to take something as nourishment (cf. Burm. ad Phaedr. 1, 28, 4); first, of nourishment from plants, to crop, pluck off, browse, graze on, etc. (syn. depascere); also of flesh, to eat, devour (rare):

    alia (animalia) sugunt, alia carpunt, alia vorant, alia mandunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

    carpunt gramen equi,

    Verg. A. 9, 353; id. G. 2, 201; Ov. M. 1, 299:

    herbam,

    Verg. G. 3, 296; 3, 465; Ov. M. 13, 927:

    pabula,

    id. ib. 4, 217; id. F. 4, 750:

    alimenta,

    id. M. 15, 478:

    apes carpunt ex oleā arbore ceram, e fico mel, etc.,

    gather, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 24 sq.; cf.:

    apis carpens thyma,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 29.— Poet.:

    Invidia (personif. envy) summa cacumina carpit,

    Ov. M. 2, 792:

    nec carpsere jecur volucres,

    id. ib. 10, 43; cf. Phaedr. 1, 28, 4.—Sometimes transf., of men:

    prandium,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52:

    carpe cibos digitis,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 755: pisces, pulles, Mart. 3, 13, 1.—Also, to carve; hence the pun in Petr. 36 fin. —
    2.
    Poet., of other things, to tear off, tear away:

    summas carpens media inter cornua saetas,

    Verg. A. 6, 245.—Of wool, to pluck; hence, poet., to spin:

    vellera,

    Verg. G. 4, 335:

    pensa,

    id. ib. 1, 390; Prop. 3 (4), 6, 16; Hor. C. 3, 27, 64:

    lana carpta,

    carded, Cels. 6, 6, 1 (hence, facete: stolidum pecus, to pluck, i. e. to fleece rich lovers, Prop. 2 (3), 16, 8; Ov. A. A. 1, 420):

    ex collo furtim coronas,

    to pull off, Hor. S. 2, 3, 256:

    crinem genasque,

    to tear, rend, lacerate, Val. Fl. 8, 7;

    so acc. to Servius's inaccurate account, in a fragment of the Twelve Tables: mulier faciem ne carpito,

    Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 606 (instead of the real words: MVLIERES. GENAS. NE. RADVNTO.; cf.

    Dirks. Fragm. XII. Tab. p. 668): artus in parva frusta,

    Sen. Thyest. 1061.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    (Acc. to I. A.) To pluck, snatch, etc.:

    ut omni ex genere orationem aucuper, et omnes undique flosculos carpam atque delibem,

    Cic. Sest. 56, 119; id. de Or. 1, 42, 191:

    atque in legendo carpsi exinde quaedam,

    Gell. 9, 4, 5: oscula, to pluck, as it were, from the lips, to snatch, Prop. 1, 20, 27; Ov. H. 11, 117 Loers. N. cr.; id. M. 4, 358; Phaedr. 3, 8, 12 al.:

    basia,

    Mart. 5, 46, 1:

    gaudia,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 661:

    dulcia,

    Pers. 5, 151:

    regni commoda carpe mei,

    Ov. F. 3, 622:

    fugitivaque gaudia carpe,

    and snatch pleasures as they fly, Mart. 7, 47, 11:

    delicias,

    Prop. 2 (3), 34, 74.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1.) In a good sense, to enjoy, use, make use of (mostly poet.;

    syn.: fruor, capio): breve ver et primos carpere flores,

    Ov. M. 10, 85 (cf.:

    flore aetatis frui,

    Liv. 21, 3, 4):

    illa mihi sedes, illic mea carpitur aetas,

    spent, lived, passed, Cat. 68, 35:

    diem,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8:

    honores virtutis,

    Val. Fl. 1, 177:

    auras vitales,

    Verg. A. 1, 388; cf. Sil. 3, 712:

    sub dio somnos,

    Verg. G. 3, 435:

    quietem,

    id. A. 7, 414:

    soporem,

    id. ib. 4, 522:

    noctes securas,

    Val. Fl. 5, 48; a poet. circumlocution for vivere, degere, etc.—
    b.
    In a bad sense.
    (α).
    To gnaw at or tear character or reputation, to carp at, slander, calumniate, revile:

    more hominum invident, in conviviis rodunt, in circulis vellicant: non illo inimico, sed hoc maledico dente carpunt,

    Cic. Balb. 26, 57:

    nam is carpebatur a Bibulo, Curione, Favonio,

    id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

    Paulum obtrectatio carpsit,

    Liv. 45, 35, 5:

    imperatorem,

    id. 44, 38, 2:

    quae non desierunt carpere maligni,

    Quint. 11, 1, 24:

    maligno sermone,

    Suet. Aug. 27:

    obliquis orationibus,

    id. Dom. 2:

    nonnihil vocibus,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 17:

    aliquem sermonibus,

    Liv. 7, 12, 12:

    sinistris sermonibus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 5:

    Ciceronem in his,

    Quint. 9, 4, 64:

    te ficto quaestu,

    Cat. 62, 36 and 37:

    et detorquere recte facta,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 6:

    famam vitamque,

    id. Pan. 53, 4; Suet. Calig. 34.—
    (β).
    To rob of strength, to weaken, enfeeble, wear away, consume; or poet., with the idea extended (cf. absumo), to consume completely, to destroy:

    vires,

    Verg. G. 3, 215; Liv. 9, 27, 6:

    quid si carpere singula (jura) et extorquere... patiemini,

    id. 34, 3, 2;

    esp. of in ward care, anxiety, longing, etc.: at regina, gravi jamdudum saucia curā, Volnus alit venis et caeco carpitur igni,

    Verg. A. 4, 2; Ov. M. 3, 490; 10, 370:

    solane perpetua maerens carpere juventā?

    Verg. A. 4, 32:

    curā carpitur ista mei,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 680:

    aegra assiduo mens carpitur aestu,

    Val. Fl. 3, 305; Lucr. 9, 744; Sil. 15, 1:

    invidia carpit et carpitur unā,

    Ov. M. 2, 781; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 5, 3:

    non ego Tot tuos patiar labores carpere lividas Obliviones,

    to wear away, Hor. C. 4, 9, 33; cf.: otia corpus alunt, animus quoque pascitur illis;

    Inmodicus contra carpit utrumque labor,

    Ov. P. 1, 4, 21 sq.:

    aras etiam templaque demolitur et obscurat oblivio, neglegit carpitque posteritas,

    Plin. Pan. 55, 9:

    totum potest excedere quod potest carpi,

    Sen. N. Q. 2, 13, 2.—So,
    (γ).
    In milit. lang., to inflict injury upon an enemy (esp. by single, repeated attacks), to weaken, harass:

    agmen adversariorum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 63:

    hostes carpere multifariam vires Romanas,

    Liv. 3, 5, 1; 22, 32, 2; 27, 46, 6; cf. id. 3, 61, 13 infra; Weissenb. ad Liv. 22, 16, 2; Tac. A. 12, 32; Luc. 4, 156:

    novissimum agmen,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 78 fin.:

    novissimos,

    Liv. 8, 38, 6:

    extrema agminis,

    id. 6, 32, 11. —
    2.
    To separate a whole into single parts, to cut to pieces, divide (syn.: dividere, distribuere): neque semper utendum est perpetuitate, sed saepe carpenda membris minutioribus [p. 295] oratio est, Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

    in multas parvasque partes carpere exercitum,

    Liv. 26, 38, 2:

    summam unius belli in multa proelia parvaque,

    id. 3, 61, 13:

    Erymanthus... ab accolis rigantibus carpitur,

    is drawn off into canals, Curt. 8, 9, 410. —With a reference to the meaning
    (α).
    supra:

    si erunt plures qui ob innocentem condemnandum pecuniam acceperint, tu non animadvertes in omnis, sed carpes ut velis, et paucos ex multis ad ignominiam sortiere?

    distinguish, single out, Cic. Clu. 46, 129; cf.:

    in multorum peccato carpi paucos ad ignominiam,

    id. ib. —
    3.
    Viam, iter, etc., or with definite local substantives, terram, mare, litora, etc., to go, tread upon, pass over, navigate, sail along or through, to take or pursue one ' s way (syn. ire):

    viam,

    Verg. A. 6, 629; Hor. S. 2, 6, 93; Ov. M. 8, 208; 11, 139:

    iter,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 95; Ov. H. 18, 34; id. M. 2, 549; 10, 709:

    supremum iter = mori,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 12:

    gyrum,

    to go in a circle, Verg. G. 3, 191:

    fugam,

    to fly, Sil. 10, 62; cf.:

    prata fugā,

    Verg. G. 3, 142:

    pede viam,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 230:

    pede iter,

    id. F. 3, 604:

    pedibus terras, pontum remis,

    Prop. 1, 6, 33:

    pede campos,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 23:

    mare,

    id. M. 11, 752:

    litora,

    id. ib. 12, 196;

    15, 507: aëra alis,

    id. ib. 4, 616; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311:

    aethera,

    Ov. M. 8, 219:

    carpitur acclivis per muta silentia trames,

    id. ib. 10, 53.

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  • 49 convello

    con-vello, velli (convulsi, Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 4), vulsum (volsum), 3, v. a.
    I.
    To draw violently hither and thither something that is firm or quiet (esp. a tree, house, and the like); hence, to tear up, wrest from its position, to tear loose or away, to separate from, pull or pluck up (freq. and class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Without designation of place from which, etc.:

    cum praecides caveto ne librum convellas,

    Cato, R. R. 40, 2:

    saxa turris hostium, quibus fundamenta continebantur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 11; cf. Hirt. B. G. 8, 26 fin.;

    and, fundamenta,

    Lucr. 4, 506:

    cum gradus Castoris convellisti ac removisti,

    Cic. Dom. 21, 54:

    aesculum,

    Verg. G. 2, 294:

    convellere repagula, effringere valvas,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

    limina tectorum,

    Verg. A. 2, 507; Luc. 3, 528:

    artus,

    Lucr. 3, 344;

    so of the rack: omnia (membra) laniata, omnes partes convulsae sunt,

    Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 5:

    convolsis laceratisque membris,

    id. ib. § 6; cf.

    armos,

    to wrench, dislocate, Col. 6, 16, 1:

    teneros fetus,

    i. e. to produce abortion, Ov. Am. 2, 14, 5.—
    (β).
    With designation of place from or out of which, etc.:

    simulacrum Cereris e sacrario convellendum auferendumque curavit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187; cf. id. ib. §

    186: me ex nostris hortulis,

    id. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

    viridem silvam ab humo,

    Verg. A. 3, 24:

    funem ab terrā,

    id. G. 1, 457:

    (turrim) convellimus altis sedibus,

    id. A. 2, 464:

    robora suā terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 204:

    Roma prope convulsa sedibus suis,

    Cic. Pis. 22, 52:

    domus convulsa sedibus suis,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 8:

    aspera undique nisu,

    Val. Fl. 5, 159.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    haeserunt radice pedes. Convellere pugnat,

    Ov. M. 9, 351.—
    2.
    Milit. t. t.: signa, to pluck up the standards from the ground, to decamp (rare), Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77; Liv. 22, 3, 12; cf.

    vexilla,

    Tac. A. 1, 20.—
    b.
    Medic. t. t.: convulsus ( - volsus), a, um, suffering from wrenching of a limb, Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 98; cf. id. 20, 5, 18, § 36; 20, 17, 69, § 178; or from convulsions, spasmodic, convulsive:

    latus,

    Suet. Tib. 72:

    fauces,

    Quint. 11, 3, 20.—
    B.
    Trop., to cause to totter, to shake, to destroy, overthrow, bring to naught (syn.: labefacto, commoveo, commuto, infirmo;

    esp. freq. in Cic.): est boni consulis, cum cuncta auxilia rei publicae labefactari convellique videat, ferre opëm patriae,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3;

    so with labefactare: cogitationem,

    id. Fam. 5, 13, 2 Manut.; cf. id. Clu. 2, 6:

    rei publicae statum,

    id. Pis. 2, 4:

    ea quae non possint commoveri,

    id. de Or. 2, 51, 205:

    haec si tenemus, quae mihi quidem non videntur posse convelli,

    id. Div. 1, 51, 117:

    judicia, stipulationes, etc. (with infirmare),

    id. Caecin. 18, 51:

    convellere et commutare instituta omnium,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 15:

    acta Dolabellae,

    id. Phil. 2, 33, 83:

    rem publicam judicio aliquo,

    id. Brut. 30, 115:

    gratiam Caesaris,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

    vires aegri,

    Cels. 3, 4, 14; cf. id. ib. §

    11: fidem legionum promissis,

    Tac. H. 4, 30 fin.:

    caede Messalinae convulsa principis domus,

    id. A. 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 65;

    4, 40: Tiberius vi dominationis convulsus ( = abalienatus ab honestate) et mutatus,

    id. ib. 6, 48:

    fata,

    Ov. H. 16, 41:

    secutae sunt duae (epistulae), quae me convellerunt de pristino statu, jam tamen labantem,

    Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2.—
    II.
    To tear or rend to pieces, to cleave, dismember, shatter, break (perh. first in the poets of the Aug. per.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    dapes avido dente,

    Ov. M. 11, 123: glaebam vomere, * Cat. 64, 40:

    dehiscit Convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor,

    Verg. A. 5, 143; 8, 690:

    loca vi quondam et vastā convolsa ruinā,

    id. ib. 3, 414:

    septem (naves) convolsae undis Euroque supersunt,

    shattered, id. ib. 1, 383; cf. Luc. 3, 528:

    convulsi laniatique centuriones,

    Tac. A. 1, 32:

    domum,

    id. ib. 6, 40.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of words, to mutilate, mispronounce:

    magno cursu verba convellere,

    Sen. Ep. 40, 2.—
    2.
    To afflict, torture:

    verbis convellere pectus,

    Ov. H. 17, 111.

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  • 50 convolsus

    con-vello, velli (convulsi, Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 4), vulsum (volsum), 3, v. a.
    I.
    To draw violently hither and thither something that is firm or quiet (esp. a tree, house, and the like); hence, to tear up, wrest from its position, to tear loose or away, to separate from, pull or pluck up (freq. and class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Without designation of place from which, etc.:

    cum praecides caveto ne librum convellas,

    Cato, R. R. 40, 2:

    saxa turris hostium, quibus fundamenta continebantur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 11; cf. Hirt. B. G. 8, 26 fin.;

    and, fundamenta,

    Lucr. 4, 506:

    cum gradus Castoris convellisti ac removisti,

    Cic. Dom. 21, 54:

    aesculum,

    Verg. G. 2, 294:

    convellere repagula, effringere valvas,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

    limina tectorum,

    Verg. A. 2, 507; Luc. 3, 528:

    artus,

    Lucr. 3, 344;

    so of the rack: omnia (membra) laniata, omnes partes convulsae sunt,

    Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 5:

    convolsis laceratisque membris,

    id. ib. § 6; cf.

    armos,

    to wrench, dislocate, Col. 6, 16, 1:

    teneros fetus,

    i. e. to produce abortion, Ov. Am. 2, 14, 5.—
    (β).
    With designation of place from or out of which, etc.:

    simulacrum Cereris e sacrario convellendum auferendumque curavit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187; cf. id. ib. §

    186: me ex nostris hortulis,

    id. Leg. 1, 21, 55:

    viridem silvam ab humo,

    Verg. A. 3, 24:

    funem ab terrā,

    id. G. 1, 457:

    (turrim) convellimus altis sedibus,

    id. A. 2, 464:

    robora suā terrā,

    Ov. M. 7, 204:

    Roma prope convulsa sedibus suis,

    Cic. Pis. 22, 52:

    domus convulsa sedibus suis,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 8:

    aspera undique nisu,

    Val. Fl. 5, 159.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    haeserunt radice pedes. Convellere pugnat,

    Ov. M. 9, 351.—
    2.
    Milit. t. t.: signa, to pluck up the standards from the ground, to decamp (rare), Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77; Liv. 22, 3, 12; cf.

    vexilla,

    Tac. A. 1, 20.—
    b.
    Medic. t. t.: convulsus ( - volsus), a, um, suffering from wrenching of a limb, Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 98; cf. id. 20, 5, 18, § 36; 20, 17, 69, § 178; or from convulsions, spasmodic, convulsive:

    latus,

    Suet. Tib. 72:

    fauces,

    Quint. 11, 3, 20.—
    B.
    Trop., to cause to totter, to shake, to destroy, overthrow, bring to naught (syn.: labefacto, commoveo, commuto, infirmo;

    esp. freq. in Cic.): est boni consulis, cum cuncta auxilia rei publicae labefactari convellique videat, ferre opëm patriae,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 3;

    so with labefactare: cogitationem,

    id. Fam. 5, 13, 2 Manut.; cf. id. Clu. 2, 6:

    rei publicae statum,

    id. Pis. 2, 4:

    ea quae non possint commoveri,

    id. de Or. 2, 51, 205:

    haec si tenemus, quae mihi quidem non videntur posse convelli,

    id. Div. 1, 51, 117:

    judicia, stipulationes, etc. (with infirmare),

    id. Caecin. 18, 51:

    convellere et commutare instituta omnium,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 15:

    acta Dolabellae,

    id. Phil. 2, 33, 83:

    rem publicam judicio aliquo,

    id. Brut. 30, 115:

    gratiam Caesaris,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:

    vires aegri,

    Cels. 3, 4, 14; cf. id. ib. §

    11: fidem legionum promissis,

    Tac. H. 4, 30 fin.:

    caede Messalinae convulsa principis domus,

    id. A. 12, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 65;

    4, 40: Tiberius vi dominationis convulsus ( = abalienatus ab honestate) et mutatus,

    id. ib. 6, 48:

    fata,

    Ov. H. 16, 41:

    secutae sunt duae (epistulae), quae me convellerunt de pristino statu, jam tamen labantem,

    Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2.—
    II.
    To tear or rend to pieces, to cleave, dismember, shatter, break (perh. first in the poets of the Aug. per.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    dapes avido dente,

    Ov. M. 11, 123: glaebam vomere, * Cat. 64, 40:

    dehiscit Convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor,

    Verg. A. 5, 143; 8, 690:

    loca vi quondam et vastā convolsa ruinā,

    id. ib. 3, 414:

    septem (naves) convolsae undis Euroque supersunt,

    shattered, id. ib. 1, 383; cf. Luc. 3, 528:

    convulsi laniatique centuriones,

    Tac. A. 1, 32:

    domum,

    id. ib. 6, 40.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of words, to mutilate, mispronounce:

    magno cursu verba convellere,

    Sen. Ep. 40, 2.—
    2.
    To afflict, torture:

    verbis convellere pectus,

    Ov. H. 17, 111.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > convolsus

  • 51 rumpō

        rumpō rūpī, ruptus, ere    [RVP-], to break, burst, tear, rend, rive, rupture, break asunder, burst in pieces, force open: vincula: obstantia claustra, H.: pontem, break down, L.: montem aceto, Iu.: arcum, Ph.: plumbum, H.: vestīs, O.: praecordia ferro, pierce, O.: guttura ferro, cut, O.: ruptus turbo, bursting forth, V.: inmensae ruperunt horrea messes, crammed to bursting, V.—Of the body, to break, split, burst, break open, rend, tear: ut me ambulando rumperet, i. e. kill with errands, T.: si quis rumpet occidetve, wounds, L. (old form.): ilia, V.: Rupit Iarbitam Timagenis aemula lingua, Dum, etc., i. e. the effort to shout as loud as, etc., H.: si te ruperis, H.: cantando rumpitur anguis, bursts, V.: quā (licentiā audacium) ante rumpebar, could have burst.—To burst through, break through: media agmina, V.: ruptā mersum caput obruit undā, O.: ordines, L.— To break open, cause to break forth: fontem, O.: ubi inter nubila sese Diversi rumpent radii, burst forth, V.: dum amnes ulli rumpuntur fontibus, V.—Of a way or passage, to force, make by force: ferro rumpenda per hostīs Est via, must be forced, V.: eo cuneo viam, L.—Fig., to break, violate, destroy, annul, make void, interrupt: feodera: imperium, Cu.: sacramenti religionem, L.: ius gentium, L.: edicta, H.: decreta, O.: testamentum ruptum, annulled: nuptias, H.: fata aspera, V.: fati necessitatem humanis consiliis, L.— To break in upon, interrupt, cut short, end: somnum, V.: novissima verba, O.: segnīs Rumpe moras, end delay, V.: tibi reditum, cut off, H.— To break out in, give utterance to: rumpit has imo pectore voces, V.: questūs, V.
    * * *
    rumpere, rupi, ruptus V
    break; destroy

    Latin-English dictionary > rumpō

  • 52 conscindo

    con-scindo, ĭdi, issum, 3, v. a., to tear or rend to pieces (very rare).
    I.
    Lit:

    pallulam,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 32:

    vestem,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 4:

    epistulam,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4:

    ipsam capillo for illius capillum,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 4 Ruhnk.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    quā dominus, quā advocati sibilis conscissi,

    hissed at, Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3; cf.: is me ab optimatibus ait conscindi, am pulled to pieces, i. e. abused, calumniated, id. ib. 8, 16, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conscindo

  • 53 refringo

    rē̆-fringo, frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a. [frango], to break up, break open (class.; syn.: perfringo, dissicio).
    I.
    Lit.:

    cellas,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 10: postes portasque, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 622, and ap. Hor. S. 1, 4, 61 (Ann. v. 271 Vahl.); Caes. B. G. 2, 33; Liv. 10, 43; 24, 30; 25, 9 et saep. al.:

    januam,

    Tac. A. 14, 8:

    palatii fores,

    id. H. 1, 35:

    claustra,

    Cic. Mur. 8, 17; Val. Fl. 1, 595:

    carcerem,

    Liv. 34, 44 fin.:

    glaebam et revolvere in pulverem,

    Col. 11, 2, 60:

    totas refringere vestes,

    to tear open, Ov. M. 9, 208:

    radium solis refringi,

    is refracted, Plin. 2, 59, 60, § 150.—
    B.
    In gen., to break, break in pieces, break off ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    quae demersa liquore obeunt, refracta videntur Omnia convorti sursumque supina revorti,

    Lucr. 4, 440:

    refringit virgulta pede vago,

    Cat. 63, 86: ramum, to break off, * Verg. A. 6, 210; so,

    mucronem,

    Plin. 8, 15, 17, § 41; cf.

    aculeos,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 15, 3:

    silvas (Hyleus),

    Stat. Th. 4, 139. —
    II.
    Trop., to break, break in pieces, check, weaken, destroy, etc.:

    vim fluminis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 56; cf. Liv. 5, 37:

    impotentem dominationem,

    Nep. Lys. 1, 4; cf.:

    Teutonicas opes, Frop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 44: nec Priami domus Achivos refringit,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 28:

    ingeniorum impetus,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 7:

    claustra pudoris et reverentiae,

    id. ib. 2, 14, 4: verba, to mutilate or mangle speech, like children, Stat. S. 2, 1, 123.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > refringo

  • 54 ēlīdō

        ēlīdō sī, sus, ere    [ex + laedo], to strike out, dash out, tear out, force out, squeeze out: auriga e curru eliditur: nubibus ignīs, O.: spuma elisa, dashed up, V.: herbam, O.: nervis morbum, H.— To dash to pieces, shatter, crush: caput saxo, L.: fauces, to strangle, O.: navīs, Cs.: anguīs, to strangle, V.—Fig., to break down, destroy: nervos virtutis: aegritudine elidi.
    * * *
    elidere, elisi, elisus V
    strike or dash out; expel; shatter; crush out; strangle; destroy

    Latin-English dictionary > ēlīdō

  • 55 lancinō

        lancinō —, ātus, āre,    to squander, dissipate: bona lancinata sunt, Ct.
    * * *
    lancinare, lancinavi, lancinatus V TRANS
    tear in/to pieces, rend (apart), mangle

    Latin-English dictionary > lancinō

  • 56 delacero

    delacerare, delaceravi, delaceratus V TRANS
    tear to shreads/pieces; destroy, frustrate (L+S)

    Latin-English dictionary > delacero

  • 57 elido

    ē-līdo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [laedo].
    I. A.
    Lit.:

    aurigam e curru,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 41:

    oculos,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 45; Verg. A. 8, 261:

    ignem velut e silice,

    Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214; cf.:

    flammas ex sese,

    id. 18, 35, 84, § 358:

    ignes nubibus,

    Ov. M. 6, 696:

    aërem lituis,

    Luc. 7, 476:

    partum,

    i. e. to produce abortion, Cels. 1, 7; Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 25:

    litteras,

    to strike out by syncope, to elide, Gell. 5, 12, 5:

    vina praelis,

    i. e. to press out, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 73; cf.

    herbam,

    Ov. F. 4, 371:

    corpora equorum eodem elisa, i. e. ad litus ejecta,

    Tac. A. 2, 24.—
    B.
    Trop.: animam alicui, Lucil. ap. Non. 291, 32:

    (imago) recta retrorsum Sic eliditur, ut, etc.,

    is thrown back, reflected, Lucr. 4, 296:

    colores repercussu parietum,

    Plin. 37, 9, 52, § 137:

    sibilum,

    to force out, Cels. 4, 4, 2; cf.

    sonum,

    Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 269; 14, 22, 28, § 146:

    vocem,

    Quint. 11, 3, 51:

    morbum,

    to drive out, expel, Cels. 4, 4, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 6: magnas sententias, to send forth, utter (the fig. being that of a cloud discharging itself), Quint. 2, 11, 7 Spald.—
    II.
    To break or dash to pieces, to shatter, to crush to death.
    A.
    Lit.:

    talos alicui,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 12:

    tuum caput,

    id. Poen. 2, 46; Liv. 21, 45:

    fauces,

    to strangle, Ov. M. 12, 142: naves, * Caes. B. C. 3, 27, 2:

    aliquem stipite,

    Curt. 9, 7 fin.:

    draconem pondere,

    Plin. 8, 11, 11, § 32:

    geminos angues (Hercules),

    i. e. to strangle, Verg. A. 8, 289; cf.

    infantes,

    Flor. 3, 3, 17 al. —
    B.
    Trop., to break down, destroy:

    (poetae) nervos omnes virtutis elidunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 11 fin.; cf.:

    aegritudine elidi,

    id. ib. 5, 6, 16:

    prius pactum per posterius,

    i. e. to abrogate, Dig. 2, 14, 27.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > elido

  • 58 excarnifico

    ex-carnĭfĭco, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to cut or tear any one to pieces (a rare word).
    I.
    Lit.:

    aliquem,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 33 fin.; Suet. Vit. 17; Sen. Ep. 24.—
    II.
    Trop., to torment, torture:

    aliquem,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 9:

    excarnificatus animus, Sen. de Ira, 3, 4: comitem,

    Amm. 14, 5, 1; 14, 9, 6.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > excarnifico

  • 59 lacer

    lăcer ( lăcĕrus quoted by Prisc. 901 [p. 1026] P.), ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [root lak-, to tear; Gr. lakeros, torn; lakkos, lake; Lat. lacero, lacus, lacuna, lāma; Irish, loch; Engl. lake], mangled, lacerated, torn to pieces.
    I.
    Lit. (not in Cic. or Cæs.):

    homo,

    Lucr. 3, 403:

    corpus,

    Liv. 1, 28; Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 156:

    corpus verberibus,

    Just. 21, 4, 7: cui quod membrum lacerum laesumve est, Masur. Sab. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 15:

    Deiphobum lacerum crudeliter ora,

    mutilated, Verg. A. 6, 495; so,

    artus avolsaque membra et funus lacerum tellus habet,

    id. ib. 9, 491.—Of the hair:

    nec modus aut pennis, laceris aut crinibus, ignem spargere,

    Stat. S. 1, 1, 133; Sil. 6, 560; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 177:

    vestis,

    Tac. H. 3, 10:

    tectorum vestigia lacera et semusta,

    id. A. 15, 40:

    puppis,

    Ov. H. 2, 45:

    insignia,

    Stat. Th. 10, 8:

    lacerae unguibus venae,

    Sen. Phoen. 162.—
    B.
    Trop. (postAug. and very rare):

    sparsas, atque, ut ita dicam, laceras gentilitates colligere atque conectere,

    families rent and scattered, Plin. Pan. 39, 3.— Poet.:

    castra,

    an army that has lost its general, Sil. 15, 9:

    lacerae domus artus componere,

    Sen. Thyest. 432.—
    * II.
    Transf., act., rending, lacerating (for lacerans):

    morsus,

    Ov. M. 8, 880.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > lacer

  • 60 lacerus

    lăcer ( lăcĕrus quoted by Prisc. 901 [p. 1026] P.), ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [root lak-, to tear; Gr. lakeros, torn; lakkos, lake; Lat. lacero, lacus, lacuna, lāma; Irish, loch; Engl. lake], mangled, lacerated, torn to pieces.
    I.
    Lit. (not in Cic. or Cæs.):

    homo,

    Lucr. 3, 403:

    corpus,

    Liv. 1, 28; Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 156:

    corpus verberibus,

    Just. 21, 4, 7: cui quod membrum lacerum laesumve est, Masur. Sab. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 15:

    Deiphobum lacerum crudeliter ora,

    mutilated, Verg. A. 6, 495; so,

    artus avolsaque membra et funus lacerum tellus habet,

    id. ib. 9, 491.—Of the hair:

    nec modus aut pennis, laceris aut crinibus, ignem spargere,

    Stat. S. 1, 1, 133; Sil. 6, 560; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 177:

    vestis,

    Tac. H. 3, 10:

    tectorum vestigia lacera et semusta,

    id. A. 15, 40:

    puppis,

    Ov. H. 2, 45:

    insignia,

    Stat. Th. 10, 8:

    lacerae unguibus venae,

    Sen. Phoen. 162.—
    B.
    Trop. (postAug. and very rare):

    sparsas, atque, ut ita dicam, laceras gentilitates colligere atque conectere,

    families rent and scattered, Plin. Pan. 39, 3.— Poet.:

    castra,

    an army that has lost its general, Sil. 15, 9:

    lacerae domus artus componere,

    Sen. Thyest. 432.—
    * II.
    Transf., act., rending, lacerating (for lacerans):

    morsus,

    Ov. M. 8, 880.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > lacerus

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