mangled

nm. g.v. -aich; pl. -aichean, mangled carcase

nm. g.v. -ain; pl.+an, anything mangled or spoiled

a mangled carcase, Irish ablach, carcase: *ád-bal-ac-, from root bal, bel, die, Indo-European gel, whence Eng, quell. Irish has abailt, death, Old Irish epeltu, atbail, perit, from the same root and prefix; the first of them appears in our Gaelic dictionaries through Shaw. From Gaelic comes Scotch ablach.

anything, mangled:

a mangled carcase (H.S.D., Dial.); from stem of riasail.

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.

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.—

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.—

Transf., act., rending, lacerating (for lacerans):

morsus,

Ov. M. 8, 880.

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.

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.—

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.—

Transf., act., rending, lacerating (for lacerans):

morsus,

Ov. M. 8, 880.

truncus, a, um, adj [root tark-, truc-, to break, tear; cf. torqueo], maimed, mutilated, mangled, dismembered, disfigured, deprived of some of its parts (mostly poet. and perh. not ante-Aug.; syn.: mutilus, mancus).

Lit.:

trunca manu pinus regit (Polyphemum),

i. e. the trunk of a pinetree, Verg. A. 3, 659:

trunca illa et retorrida manus Mucii,

Sen. Ep. 66, 51:

nemora,

i. e. trees stripped of their branches, Stat. Th. 4, 455:

truncas mhonesto vulnere nares,

Verg. A. 6, 497:

vultus naribus auribusque,

Mart. 2, 83, 3:

frons,

deprived of its horn, Ov. M. 9, 1; 9, 86; Sil. 3, 42:

frontem lumina truncam,

deprived of its eyes, id. 9, 400:

bracchia non habuit, truncoque repandus in undas Corpore desiluit,

deprived of its limbs, Ov. M. 3, 680; cf. Just. 2, 9, 19:

puerum trunci corporis in agro Romano natum,

Liv. 41, 9, 5:

varie ex integris truncos gigni, ex truncis integros,

Plin. 7, 11, 10, § 50:

tela,

i.e. broken in pieces, Verg. A. 11, 9; cf.:

trunci enses et fractae hastae,

Stat. Th. 2, 711:

truncum lignum, i. e. hasta fracta,

Val. Fl. 6, 251: membra carmae, Ov M. 11, 560; cf.

alnus,

without oars, Val. Fl. 2, 300:

truncae atque mutilae litterae,

Gell. 17, 9, 12:

exta,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 9.—

Poet., with gen.:

animalia trunca pedum,

without feet, Verg. G. 4, 310: truncus capitis, Sil 10, 311.—

Transf.

Of things, not developed, imperfect, or wanting in their parts:

quaedam imperfecta (animalia) suisque Trunca vident numeris,

Ov. M. 1, 428:

ranae pedibus,

id. ib. 15, 376:

ipse (nanus) jactabat truncas manus,

Prop. 4 (5), 8, 42—

Of members cut off:

bracchia,

Val. Fl. 4, 181:

manus,

Sen. Contr 1, 4.—

Trop., maimed, mutilated:

(Capua) urbs trunca, sine senatu, sine plebe, sine magistratibus,

Liv. 31, 29, 11:

pecus,

without a leader, Stat. Th. 5, 333:

manus vero, sine quibus trunca esset actio ac debilis, vix dici potest, quot motus habeant,

Quint. 11, 3, 85:

trunca et debilis medicina (sine rerum naturae cognitione), Cels. praef.: sermo (volucrum),

Stat. Th. 12, 478:

trunca quaedam ex Menandro,

fragments, Gell. 2, 23, 21.—Hence, subst.:

truncus, i, m., the stem, stock, bole, or trunk of a tree (without regard to its branches).

Lit.:

cibus... Per truncos ac per ramos diffunditur omnes,

Lucr. 1, 353:

quid? in arboribus, in quibus non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt denique, nisi, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 179; cf. id. Sen. 15, 52; id. N. D. 2, 47, 120; id. Lael. 13, 48; Caes. B. G. 4, 17; 7, 73, Verg. G. 2, 78; 3, 233; Hor S. 1, 8, 1; id. C. 2, 17, 27; 3, 4, 55; Ov. M. 2, 358; 8, 346; id. H. 9, 93; Col. Arb. 17, 1; Sen. Ep. 86, 17.—

Transf.

Of the human body, the trunk, the body, apart from the limbs:

status erectus et celsus, nullā mollitiā cervicum: trunco magis toto se ipse moderans,

Cic. Or. 18, 59:

nemo illum ex trunco corporis spectabat,

id. Rosc. Com. 10, 28:

recto pugnat se attollere trunco,

Ov. M. 2, 822; cf. id. ib. 7, 640:

et caput abscisum calido viventeque trunco,

Lucr. 3, 654: jacet litore truncus. Verg. A. 2, 557.—

Of a column.

The shaft, Vitr. 4, 1 med. —

The cubical trunk of a pedestal, the die or dado, Vitr. 3, 3; cf. Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201.—

A piece cut off, as a branch of a tree for an our:

frondentes,

Val. Fl. 8, 287;

a piece of flesh for smoking (cf. trunculus),

Verg. M. 57.—

Like caudex, stipes, and the Engl. stock, for blockhead, dunce, dolt:

quī potest esse in ejusmodi trunco sapientia?

Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 84:

tamquam truncus atque stipes,

id. Pis. 9, 19. —

Trop., a trunk, stem:

quae (stirpes aegritudinis) ipso trunco everso omnes eligendae (elidendae, Kühn.) sunt,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83.

καθᾰγ-ίζω, [dialect] Att. [tense] fut. - ιῶ: [dialect] Ion. [tense] fut. inf.

A

κατ-αγιεῖν Hdt.1.86

:—devote, dedicate, ἀκροθίνια θεῶν ὅτεῳ δή l.c.;

νήττῃ πυρούς Ar.Av. 566

, cf. Lys. 238, Pl.Criti. 120a, Men. 319.13, etc.; esp. of a burnt offering, θυμιήματα κ. Hdt.2.130; κ. πυρί ib.47;

κ. ἐπὶ πύρης Id.7.167

;

ἐπὶ τοῦ βωμοῦ Id.1.183

;

ἀρκεύθου ξύλοις Paus.2.10.5

: abs., Hdt.2.40, etc.; make offerings to the dead, Luc. Luct.9:—[voice] Pass., cj. in Ph.1.190 ( καταγιζ- Pap., καθαγνιζ- codd.), 558 ( καθαγνιζ- codd.).

II generally, burn, καταγιζομένου τοῦ καρποῦ τοῦ ἐπιβαλλομένου [ἐπὶ τὸ πῦρ] Hdt.1.202; esp. burn a dead body, τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Καίσαρος ἐν ἀγορᾷ κ. Plu.Ant.14, cf. Brut.20; so (as cj. for καθήγνισαν) ὅσων σπαράγματ' ἢ κύνες καθήγισαν whose mangled bodies dogs have buried, i.e. devoured, S.Ant. 1081 (= μετὰ ἄγους ἐκόμισαν, Sch.).

κνάπτω (v. sub fin.),

A card or comb wool, dress or full cloth (either with teasel or comb),

ἱμάτια Dsc.4.159

;

παρ' ἐμοὶ πόκος οὐ κνάπτεται Xenocr.

ap. D.L.4.10.

2 of torture,

ἐπ' ἀσπαλάθων κνάπτοντες Pl.R. 616a

(cf.

κνάφος 11

): generally, mangle, tear,

μάστιγι Cratin. 275

:—[voice] Pass., δίνᾳ κναπτόμενοι, of bodies mangled against rocks, A.Pers. 576 (lyr.); ἐκνάπτετ' αἰέν, of Hector's body, S.Aj. 1031, cf. Philostr.VA6.40.

3 κ. γλῶσσαν, = συνέχειν ἐντὸς τῶν ὀδόντων, Com.Adesp.1313 (= Trag.Adesp.224). (Acc.Sch.Ar.Pl. 166, κνάπτω, κναφεύς, etc., were old [dialect] Att., γνάπτω, γναφεύς, etc., later [dialect] Att., confirmed by Inscrr.: forms in γν- are found in Ionic, Papyri, and later Gr., e.g. Dsc. l.c.; κνάμπτ- Pl.l.c. (as v.l.), Philostr.l.c.: cf. Welsh cnaif 'fleece', Engl. nap (on cloth), Lett. knābt 'pick', 'peck'.)

πολῠ-βρωτος, ον,

A devoured, mangled, μέλεα, of Actaeon, Nonn.D.5.502.

σπάραγ-μα, ατος, τό,

A piece torn off, shred, fragment, ὅσων σπαράγματα all whose mangled corpses, S.Ant. 1081;

σπάραγμα κόμας E. Andr. 826

(lyr.); γίνεται τὰ μὲν ἀπὸ σπέρματος τὰ δ' ἀπὸ σπαραγμάτων others from slips, Arist.GA 761b28: pl., σ. κρημνῶν jagged fragments, Plu.Mar.23; σ. στεφάνων fragments of.., Id.2.463a, etc.; γραμμάτων σπαράγμασι.. οἱ σπεύδοντες γράφουσι ib.1011d.

II tearing, rending,

δαμάλας διεφόρουν σπαράγμασιν E.Ba. 739

.

III collect. in sg.,= λατύπη, SIG996.31 (Smyrna, prob. i A.D.).

ἄσκυλτος, ον,

A not pulled about, Heliod. ap. Orib.50.47.5, Philum. ap.Aët.9.23; undisturbed, S.E.P.1.71, POxy.532.14 (ii A.D.);

ἱερὸν ἄ. IG12(9).15

([place name] Carystus). Adv. - τως without being mangled or hurt, Eust.1252.55.

II [voice] Act., without causing laceration, Herod.Med. ap.Orib.10.7.1: [comp] Comp.

- ότερον Sor.1.3

.

ἡμι-δᾰής, ές, ( δαίω A)

A half-burnt,

νηῦς Il.16.294

;

Φαέθων A.R.4.598

.

II ([etym.] δατέομαι) half-divided, half-mangled,

σκύβαλον AP9.375

;

χειρὸς βάρος Nic.Al.55

(cf. ἡμιδεής).