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1 secō
secō cuī, ctus, āre [2 SAC-], to cut, cut off, cut up, reap, carve: omne animal secari ac dividi potest: pabulum secari non posse, Cs.: sectae herbae, H.: Quo gestu gallina secetur, is carved, Iu.: secto elephanto, i. e. carved ivory, V.: prave sectus unguis, H.—Esp., in surgery, to cut, operate on, cut off, cut out, amputate, excise: in corpore alqd: varices Mario: Marius cum secaretur, was operated on. — To scratch, tear, wound, hurt, injure: luctantis acuto ne secer ungui, lest I should be torn, H.: sectas invenit ungue genas, O.: secuerunt corpora vepres, V.— To cut apart, divide, cleave, separate: curru medium agmen, V.: caelum secant zonae, O.: sectus orbis, i. e. half the earth, H.— To cut through, run through, pass through, traverse: per maria umida nando Libycum, cleave, V.: aequor Puppe, O.: adeunt vada nota secantes, O.— To cut, make by cutting: fugā secuit sub nubibus arcum, i. e. produce by flight, V.: viam ad navīs, i. e. speeds on his way, V.—Fig., to divide: causas in plura genera.— To cut short, decide, settle: Quo multae secantur iudice lites, H.— To follow, pursue: quam quisque secat spem, V.* * *Isecare, secavi, secatus V TRANScut, sever; decide; divide in two/halve/split; slice/chop/cut up/carve; detachIIsecare, secui, sectus V TRANScut, sever; decide; divide in two/halve/split; slice/chop/cut up/carve; detach -
2 dimidio
dimidiare, dimidiavi, dimidiatus V TRANShalve, divide in half/two -
3 disicio
disicere, disjeci, disjectus V TRANSbreak up; scatter; drive apart; separate into two halves, halve, divide; ruin; destroy; rout; disperse; squander; frustrate; dispel, end -
4 disjicio
disjicere, disjeci, disjectus V TRANSbreak up; scatter; drive apart; separate into two halves, halve, divide; ruin; destroy; rout; disperse; squander; frustrate; dispel, end -
5 dissicio
dissicere, dissjeci, dissjectus V TRANSbreak up; scatter; drive apart; separate into two halves, halve, divide; ruin; destroy; rout; disperse; squander; frustrate; dispel, end -
6 medio
mediare, mediavi, mediatus Vhalve, divide in the middle; be in the middle -
7 dimidio
dīmĭdĭo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [dimidius], to divide into two equal parts, to halve (as a finite verb, very rare):quid dimidias Christum?
Tert. de Carn. Chr. 5.— Trop.:viri dolosi non dimidiabunt dies suos,
i. e. shall not live half the life of men, Vulg. Psa. 54, 23; cf. also, id. Job, 21, 21; but freq. and class. in the perf. part. dīmĭ-dĭātus, halved, half (acc. to Varr. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 19, applied to a whole, which is divided into halves; whereas dimidius is applied to a half; or, as Gellius rightly explains it, dimidiatum nisi ipsum, quod divisum est, dici haud convenit; dimidium vero est, non quod ipsum dimidiatum est, sed quae ex dimidiato pars altera est; cf. however, dimidius, I.): homines dimidiati, Cato ap. Gell. l. l.; cf. id. R. R. 151, 3; and comic.: procellunt sese in mensam dimidiati ( with half the body), dum appetunt, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 165; cf.also, transf.: dies quidem jam ad umbilicum est dimidiatus mortuus,
id. Men. 1, 2, 45: luna, Cato ap. Plin. 16, 39, 75, § 194; cf.mensis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52; id. Tusc. 2, 16: vas vini, Enn. ap. Gell. l. l.: porcus, Lucil. ib.; cf. Suet. Tib. 34: solea, Lucil. ap. Gell. l. l.: librum, fabulam legi, Varr. ib.; cf.:exesis posterioribus partibus versiculorum, dimidiatis fere,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 66; so the comic verse respecting Terence: tu quoque, tu in summis, o dimidiate Menander, etc., Caes. ap. Suet. Vita Ter. fin. -
8 medio
mĕdĭo, 1, v. a. [medius], to halve, divide in the middle (post-class.), Apic. 3, 9. —B.Neutr., to be in the middle:melius Juno mediante,
Pall. Mart. 10, 32.
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