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excindō

1 excindō

excindō see exscindo.
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excindere, excidi, excissus V TRANS

demolish/destroy, raze to ground (town/building); exterminate/destroy (people)

Latin-English dictionary > excindō
2 excindo

ex-scindo ( exc-), ĭdi, issum, 3, v. a. (lit., to tear out; hence, in gen.), to extirpate, destroy (syn.: delere, evertere, vastare).
I.
Lit. (class.):
templum sanctitatis, etc.... inflammari, exscindi, funestari,
Cic. Mil. 33, 90; cf. id. Planc. 41, 97; id. Phil. 4, 5, 13; id. Rep. 6, 11; Sall. H. 4, 61, 17; Liv. 28, 44, 2; 44, 27, 5:
Pergama Argolicis telis,
Verg. A. 2, 177:
domos,
id. ib. 12, 643:
ferro sceleratam gentem,
id. ib. 9, 137:
hostem,
Tac. A. 2, 25.—
II.
Trop., to tear away: fortine animam hanc exscindere dextra indignum est visum? Sil. 4, 674. (In Plin. Pan. 34, 2, read excidisti).

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > excindo
3 ex-scindō or excindō

ex-scindō or excindō idī, issus, ere, to extirpate, annihilate, destroy: templum sanctitatis: quae urbs se exscindi pateretur: finīs tuos, L.: ferro gentem, V.: virtutem, Ta.

Latin-English dictionary > ex-scindō or excindō