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pĭācŭlum (sync. collat. form pĭā-clum, Prud. steph. 14, 219), i, n. [pio], a means of appeasing a deity; hence,

Lit.

A sin-offering, propitiatory sacrifiee: [p. 1374] porco piaculo facito, Cato, R. R. 139; 140:

porcc femina piaculum pati,

to bring, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57:

piaculum hostia caedi,

Liv. 8, 10:

te piacula nulla resolvent,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 34:

piacula manibus infert,

Ov. M. 6, 569:

falsi mundi,

Liv. 1, 26: sed quo te, M. Tulli, piaculo taceam, i. e. how can I be justified in, etc., Plin. 7, 31, 31, § 116; Macr. S. 3, 10, 7.—

Concr., an animal offered up in sacrifice, a victim: duc nigras pecudes;

ea prima piacula sunto,

Verg. A. 6, 153:

non sperat tragicae furtiva piacula cervae,

i. e. substitution, Juv. 12, 120.— Transf.,

Of persons offered as an expiation, atonement:

(Hannibalem) ad piaculum rupti foederis,

Liv. 21, 10, 12:

ut luendis periculis publicis piacula simus,

id. 10, 28, 13.—

In gen., a remedy, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 36.—

Punishment:

dea a violatoribus (sui templi) gravia piacula exegit,

Liv. 29, 18; Just. 8, 2, 6; Val. Max. 1, 1, 14; Sil. 13, 702.—

Transf., that which requires expiation.

A wicked action, sin, crime; guilt: eo die verberari piaculum est, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 10:

palam mutire plebeio piaculum est, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. mutire, p. 145 Müll. (Trag. v. 376 Vahl.): piaculum est misereri nos hominum rem male gerentum,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 13:

sine piaculo rerum praetermissarum,

Liv. 39, 47:

piaculum committere,

id. 5, 52; Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 4:

commissa piacula,

Verg. A. 6, 569:

solutus piaculo,

Tac. A. 1, 30:

nec sine piaculo quodam sanctissimas necessitudines scindi,

Plin. Pan. 37:

ne terra impleatur piaculo,

Vulg. Lev. 19, 29.—

An unhappy event, a misfortune, Plin. 25, 8, 46, § 84.

pĭācŭlum (sync. collat. form pĭā-clum, Prud. steph. 14, 219), i, n. [pio], a means of appeasing a deity; hence,

Lit.

A sin-offering, propitiatory sacrifiee: [p. 1374] porco piaculo facito, Cato, R. R. 139; 140:

porcc femina piaculum pati,

to bring, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57:

piaculum hostia caedi,

Liv. 8, 10:

te piacula nulla resolvent,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 34:

piacula manibus infert,

Ov. M. 6, 569:

falsi mundi,

Liv. 1, 26: sed quo te, M. Tulli, piaculo taceam, i. e. how can I be justified in, etc., Plin. 7, 31, 31, § 116; Macr. S. 3, 10, 7.—

Concr., an animal offered up in sacrifice, a victim: duc nigras pecudes;

ea prima piacula sunto,

Verg. A. 6, 153:

non sperat tragicae furtiva piacula cervae,

i. e. substitution, Juv. 12, 120.— Transf.,

Of persons offered as an expiation, atonement:

(Hannibalem) ad piaculum rupti foederis,

Liv. 21, 10, 12:

ut luendis periculis publicis piacula simus,

id. 10, 28, 13.—

In gen., a remedy, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 36.—

Punishment:

dea a violatoribus (sui templi) gravia piacula exegit,

Liv. 29, 18; Just. 8, 2, 6; Val. Max. 1, 1, 14; Sil. 13, 702.—

Transf., that which requires expiation.

A wicked action, sin, crime; guilt: eo die verberari piaculum est, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 10:

palam mutire plebeio piaculum est, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. mutire, p. 145 Müll. (Trag. v. 376 Vahl.): piaculum est misereri nos hominum rem male gerentum,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 13:

sine piaculo rerum praetermissarum,

Liv. 39, 47:

piaculum committere,

id. 5, 52; Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 4:

commissa piacula,

Verg. A. 6, 569:

solutus piaculo,

Tac. A. 1, 30:

nec sine piaculo quodam sanctissimas necessitudines scindi,

Plin. Pan. 37:

ne terra impleatur piaculo,

Vulg. Lev. 19, 29.—

An unhappy event, a misfortune, Plin. 25, 8, 46, § 84.

scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3 (old perf. redupl. scicidi, Enn., Naev., Att, and Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 890 P.; or Enn. p. 133 Vanl.; Com. Rel. pp. 19 and 164 Rib.; cf. also, sciciderat. [p. 1643] Gell 6, 9, 16), v. a. [akin to Gr. schizô, to split; cf. Germ. scheiden, and Lat. scio], to cut, tear, rend, or break asunder; to split, cleave, divide, or separate by force, etc. (freq. and class.; but in tempp.perf. ante-class.and postAug.; syn.: findo, rumpo).

Lit.: quom saxum scisciderit, Enn. ap. Prisc. l. l.: non ergo aquila scisciderat pectus, Att. ib. and ap. Gell. l. l.: satis fortiter vestras sciscidistis colus, Afran. ap. Prisc. l. l.: scindens dolore identidem intonsam comam, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62:

crines,

Verg. A. 12, 870; Ov. M. 11, 683:

capillos,

id. H. 3, 79; Tib. 1, 10, 55; cf.

, in a Greek construction: scissaeque capillos matres,

Ov. M. 8, 526:

vela,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18:

epistulam,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 9:

vestem,

to tear open, Liv. 3, 58; Quint. 2, 15, 7; Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 18; Ov. M. 9, 166; Hor. C. 1, 17, 27; cf.:

vestem tibi de corpore,

Prop. 2, 5, 21:

pecora scindunt herbarum radices,

Col. 2, 18, 2:

asini me mordicibus scindant,

tear, lacerate, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 57:

sinus,

Ov. M. 10, 386:

latus flagello,

id. Ib. 185:

lacerum corpus ictibus innumeris,

Sil. 1, 172:

vitiato fistula plumbo Scinditur,

bursts open, Ov. M. 4, 123; cf.:

et faceret scissas languida ruga genas,

wrinkled, Prop. 3, 10, 6:

vallum,

to break through, tear up, Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 5, 51; Liv. 7, 37; Tac. H. 4, 28:

limen portae,

to break in pieces, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 31:

pontem,

to break down, id. ib. 5, 26:

cuneis lignum,

to split, cleave, Verg. G. 1, 144:

quercum cuneis,

id. A. 7, 510:

cuneis fissile robur,

id. ib. 6, 182; cf.:

ferro aequor (i. e. humum),

id. G. 1, 50; cf.

solum,

id. ib. 2, 399:

vomere terram,

Ov. A. A. 2, 671:

freta ictu (remorum),

id. M. 11, 463:

puppis aquas,

id. Tr. 1, 10, 48:

fluvios natatu,

Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 347:

tellurem mare scindit,

Luc. 3, 61:

agmen,

Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.:

labra,

to open wide, Quint. 11, 3, 81:

obsonium,

to cut up, carve, Sen. Vit. Beat. 17; cf.

nihil (edulium),

Mart. 3, 12, 2:

aves in frusta,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 12.—

Prov.: penulam alicui, to tear off one's travelling cloak, i.e. to urge, press, solicit one to stay, Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.—

Transf., to part, separate, divide; of places:

dirimit scinditque Sueviam continuum montium jugum,

Tac. G. 43:

frons Italia in duo se cornua scindit,

Mel. 2, 4, 7.—

Mid.: omnis Italia scinditur in duo promuntoria,

Sall. H. 4, 18 Dietsch.—In gen.:

se (lutamenta),

Cato, R. R. 128:

se (nubes),

Verg. A. 1, 587.—Mid.:

omnis fumus, vapor, etc.... scinduntur per iter flexum,

Lucr. 4, 91:

scinditur in geminas partes circumfluus amnis,

Ov. M. 15, 739; Luc. 1, 551.— Absol.:

sentes quod tetigere, ilico rapiunt: si eas ereptum, ilico scindunt,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 2.—

To destroy:

scindunt proceres Pergamum,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130.—

Trop., to tear in pieces, to distract, agitate, disturb, etc.:

aliquem quāvis scindunt cuppedine curae,

Lucr. 3, 994:

quantae tum scindunt hominem cuppedinis acres Sollicitum curae,

id. 5, 46: nolo commemorare, quibus rebus sim spoliatus, ne scindam ipse dolorem meum, tear open, i. e. renew my grief, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 2:

non sine piaculo sanctissimas necessitudines scindi,

to be sundered, separated, Plin. Pan. 37 fin.:

ut (actio) noctis interventu scinderetur,

was interrupted, id. Ep. 2, 11, 16:

verba fletu,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 157:

vox scinditur,

is broken, cracked, Quint. 11, 3, 20:

sic genus amborum scindit se sanguine ab uno,

divides, branches off, Verg. A. 8, 142; cf.: scidit deinde se studium atque inertiā factum est, ut artes esse plures viderentur, was separated, divided, Quint. prooem. § 13; cf.:

naturalis pars philosophiae in duo scinditur corporalia et incorporalia,

Sen. Ep. 89, 16:

scinditur incertum studia in contraria vulgus,

Verg. A. 2, 39; cf. Tac. H. 1, 13:

scindebatur in multiplices curas,

Amm. 16, 3, 3.—Hence, scissus, a, um, P. a., split, cleft, divided.

Lit.:

folia pluribus divisuris,

Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 48:

vitis folio,

id. 14, 2, 4, § 23:

scissae (aures) cervis ac velut divisae,

id. 11, 37, 50, § 136:

alumen,

Col. 6, 13, 1 (for which:

scissile alumen,

Cels. 5, 2; 6, 11):

vestibus,

Vulg. Job, 2, 12.—

Trop.:

genus vocum,

harsh, grating, Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—No comp., sup., or adv.