to cut off from

circum-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut around, cut, clip, trim (orig. in agriculture;

syn.: amputo, reseco): ars agricolarum, quae circumcidat, amputet, erigat, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39:

gemmam acuto scalpello circumcidito... ejusdem spatii corticem circumcidito,

Col. Arb. 26, 8; 12, 36:

latera scrobis,

id. 5, 9, 9:

arbores ad medullam,

Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 191:

aciem,

Lucr. 3, 412:

caespitem gladiis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 42:

ungues,

Cels. 7, 26, 2:

volnus,

Plin. 25, 5, 25, § 61:

genitalia (Judaeorum),

to circumcise, Tac. H. 5, 5; cf. Petr. 102, 14; Gell. 17, 15, 7; Cels. 7, 25 init. —

Trop., to cut off, shorten, diminish, abridge, circumscribe (very freq. in prose;

syn.: amputo, reseco, demo, aufero): testatur saepe Chrysippus, tres solas esse sententias, quae defendi possint, de finibus bonorum: circumcidit et amputat multitudinem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 138;

so with amputo,

id. de Or. 1, 15, 65; id. Fin. 1, 13, 44:

sumptus circumcisi aut sublati,

Liv. 32, 27, 4; so,

impensam funeri,

Phaedr. 4, 19, 25:

circumcisā omni negotiosā actione,

Cels. 4, 25:

circumcidendum vinum est in totum annum,

to be abstained from, id. 4, 20.—Of discourse, to lop or cut off, to remove:

circumcisis rebus, quae non arbitror pertinere ad agriculturam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 11:

circumcidat, si quid redundabit,

Quint. 10, 2, 28; 4, 2, 42 Spald.:

(oratio) rotunda et undique circumcisa,

id. 8, 5, 27; 10, 1, 104:

ineptas quaestiones,

Sen. Contr. 2, 11.—Hence, cir-cumcīsus, a, um, P. a., lit. cut off around, cut off; hence,

Of localities = abscisus, abruptus, cut off from connection with the region around, steep, precipitous, inaccessible:

saxum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

Henna ab omni aditu circumcisa atque directa,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

collis ex omni parte circumcisus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36. —

Trop., abridged, short, brief (so prob. not before the Aug. per.):

quid enim tam circumcisum, tam breve, quam hominis vita longissima?

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 11.—Of discourse:

circumcisae orationes et breves,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 4; cf.

supra,

Quint. 8, 5, 27. — Adv.: circumcīsē, briefly:

rem ante oculos ponere circumcise atque velociter,

Quint. 8, 3, 81; * Suet. Rhet. 6; Macr. 5, 1.

prō-sĕco, cŭi, ctum (old inf. pass. parag. prosecarier, Plaut. Poen. 2, 1, 8), 1, v. a., to cut off from before, cut away or off.

In gen. (post-class.):

prosectis naso prius ac mox auribus,

App. M. 2, p. 128, 11.—

In partic.

In agriculture, to cut up, break up with the plough (post-Aug.):

solum,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10.—

In relig. lang., to cut off the parts to be sacrificed:

vetui exta prosecarier,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 1, 8:

ubi exta prosecta erunt,

Cato, R. R. 134:

hostiae exta,

Liv. 5, 21:

exta prosecuit,

Suet. Aug. 1:

prosecta pectora,

Val. Fl. 3, 439.—

In gen., to sacrifice (eccl. Lat.):

Aesculapio gallinaceum,

Tert. Apol. 46.—Hence, prō-sectum, i, n., that which is cut off for sacrifice, the entrails, Varr. L. L. 5, § 110 Müll.; in plur., Ov. M. 12, 152; id. F. 6, 163; Stat. Th. 5, 641; Licin. Macer. ap. Non. 220, 20.—Collat. form prōsecta, ae, f., Lucil. ap. Non. 220, 22 dub. (al. prosicies).

căreo, ui, ĭtum (carĭtūrus, Ov. H. 4, 1; id. M. 2, 222; 14, 132; Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 1; Curt. 10, 2, 27; Just. 4, 5, 1; Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 224.— Part. pr. gen. plur. carentum, Lucr. 4, 35; Verg. G. 4, 255; 4, 472), 2 ( pres. subj. carint = careant, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 1.— Dep. form careor, acc. to Caper ap. Prisc. p. 797 P.), v. n. [cf. keirô, karênai; Germ. scheeren; Engl. shear], to be cut off from, be without, to want, be in want of, not to have, whether in a good or bad sense; but kat exochên, to be devoid of, to want, to be without some good; and with reference to the subjective state of mind, to miss it (accordingly, of a good that is merely desirable, while egere is used of the want of that which is necessary); constr. regularly with abl.; in ante-class. poets also with gen. or acc. (the latter also in late Lat.).

To be without, devoid of, not to have, to be free from (corresp. with abesse, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 55;

and opp. frui,

id. Tusc. 3, 18, 40).

Of living subjects:

carere culpā,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 1; Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 41:

calumniā,

Quint. 9, 4, 57:

malis,

Lucr. 2, 4:

dolore,

Cic. Lael. 6, 22; id. Fin. 1, 11, 38:

febri,

id. Fam. 16, 15, 1, and by poet. license with an inverted construction:

caruitne febris te heri?

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 17:

morbis,

Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 38:

malo,

id. Tusc. 3, 18, 40:

suspicione,

id. Rosc. Am. 20, 55; Quint. 2, 2, 14:

vitiis,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 39; Quint. 8, 3, 1; 8, 3, 41:

stultitiā,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 42:

ambitione,

id. ib. 2, 2, 206:

appellatione,

Quint. 8, 2, 5:

omnibus his quasi morbis voluit carere sapientem,

Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 38:

calumniā,

Quint. 9, 4, 57:

conspiratione et periculo,

Suet. Aug. 19:

stultitiae atque ignorantiae crimine, Auct. B. G. 8 praef.: communi sensu,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 66:

morte,

to be immortal, id. C. 2, 8, 12; Ov. M. 15, 158:

suis figurā,

id. ib. 14, 286; cf.

of virtue, personified: culpāque omni carens praeter se ipsam nihil censet ad se pertinere,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 4.—

To be without a thing from free-will, i.e. to deprive one ' s self of a thing [p. 292] not to make use of it, to deny one ' s self a thing, to abstain from (syn.: abstineo, absum; hence opp. utor; v. the foll.):

temeto,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 59; Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 5, 18; cf.

vino,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57:

nec Veneris fructu,

renounces not. Lucr. 4, 1073:

lubidinibus,

Sall. C. 13, 5:

amicorum facultatibus,

Nep. Epam. 3, 4:

mulieribus facile,

id. Phoc. 1, 3; cf. absol.:

satiatis vero et expletis jucundius est carere quam frui,

Cic. Sen. 14, 47.—With acc.:

Tandem non ego illam caream, ei sit opus, vel totum triduom?

Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 18.— Hence,

Of localities, to hold one ' s self aloof from, not to go to; or merely, to be absent from (cf. abstineo, II.):

foro, senatu, publico,

Cic. Mil. 7, 18; cf.:

provinciā domoque,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 41:

aspectu civium,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

declamationibus nostris,

id. Fam. 7, 33, 1:

forensi luce,

id. Brut. 8, 32:

patria,

Nep. Pelop. 1, 4; Tac. A. 4, 58:

Roma,

Cic. Att. 9, 19, 1.—

Of inanimate subjects:

terra caret vero sensu,

Lucr. 2, 652; cf. id. 2, 990, and 1, 573:

haec duo tempora carent crimine,

Cic. Lig. 2, 4:

carere omni malo mortem,

id. Tusc. 1, 12, 26:

an ulla putatis Dona carere dolis Danaum?

Verg. A. 2, 44:

nec lacrimis caruere genae,

id. ib. 5, 173:

pars quae peste caret,

id. ib. 9, 540:

oratio, quae astu caret,

Quint. 9, 1, 20:

oeconomia nomine Latino caret,

id. 3, 3, 9:

quae caret ora cruore nostro?

Hor. C. 2, 1, 36:

caret Ripa ventis,

id. ib. 3, 29, 23:

aditu carentia saxa,

Ov. M. 3, 226:

nivibus caritura Rhodope,

id. ib. 2, 222:

naturae vero rerum vis atque vis atque majestas in omnibus momentis fide caret,

Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 7.—

To be deprived of, to be without, to feel the want of, to want something that is desirable:

voluptate virtus saepe caret, nunquam indiget,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 2:

patriā,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 85:

quam huic erat miserum carere consuetudine amicorum, societate victus, sermone omnino familiari!

Cic. Tusc. 5, 22, 63:

hac luce,

id. ib. 1, 6, 12:

voluptatibus,

id. Sen. 3, 7:

commodis omnibus,

id. Rosc. Am. 15, 44:

provinciis atque oris Italiae maritimis ac portibus nostris,

id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55:

tali munere,

Verg. A. 5, 651:

citharā,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 20:

vate sacro,

id. ib. 4, 9, 28:

patrio sepulcro,

id. S. 2, 3, 196:

libertate,

id. Ep. 1, 10, 40:

honore,

Ov. M. 15, 614:

laude,

Quint. 2, 20, 10 al.:

caret omni Majorum censu,

has lost, dissipated, Juv. 1, 59.—

With gen.:

tui carendum quod erat,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 20; so Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 7.—

With acc.:

quia Id quod amo careo,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 49; cf. id. Poen. 4, 1, 4: eos parentes careo, Turp. ap. Non. p. 466, 8:

DVLCEM. CARVI. LVCEM. CVM. TE. AMISI.,

Inscr. Grut. 572, 7; so ib. 770, 9;

hence careri,

pass., Marc. Emp. 36 med.; cf.:

virque mihi dempto fine carendus abest,

Ov. H. 1, 50.—

With the access. idea of the subjective state of mind or feeling, to feel the want of a thing, to miss: triste enim est nomen ipsum carendi, quia subicitur haec vis; habuit, non habet;

desiderat, requirit, indiget,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; cf.

the context: carere igitur hoc significat, egere eo quod habere velis,

id. ib. §

88: non caret is qui non desiderat,

id. Sen. 14, 47.

insŭla, ae, f. [in-sul; cf. con-sul, prop. in-land].

An island, isle, whether formed by the sea, a lake, or a river:

insulam Britanniam,

Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 2; id. de Imp. Pomp. 11 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 4, 64, § 144; Verg. A. 1, 159; 3, 211:

in lacu,

Cic. Mil. 27, 74:

Rheni amnis,

Tac. G. 29; Ov. F. 1, 292:

in medio flumine nata,

Gai. Inst. 2, 72 al. —

Transf.:

apud fustitudinas ferricrepinas insulas,

i. e. the mills in which, as a punishment, slaves were forced to grind, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 18.—

A house for poor people, which was let out in portions to several families; opp. domus, which was the mansion of a rich family, Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:

intellego Clodii insulam esse venalem,

id. Cael. 7, 17; Tac. A. 6, 45; 15, 43; Suet. Tib. 48; id. Caes. 41; Mart. 4, 37, 4 al.; sometimes also of a single lodging in such a house, Suet. Ner. 38; cf. Preller, Regionen der Stadt Rom, p. 86 sq.; Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 146 sq. 2d edit.—

A temple (eccl.); cf. Is. Voss. ad Just. 32, 2, 2.

Insŭla, ae, f., nom. prop., a part of Syracuse cut off from the rest by a narrow arm of the sea, which was bridged, Liv. 24, 21, 6; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117.

insŭla, ae, f. [in-sul; cf. con-sul, prop. in-land].

An island, isle, whether formed by the sea, a lake, or a river:

insulam Britanniam,

Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 2; id. de Imp. Pomp. 11 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 4, 64, § 144; Verg. A. 1, 159; 3, 211:

in lacu,

Cic. Mil. 27, 74:

Rheni amnis,

Tac. G. 29; Ov. F. 1, 292:

in medio flumine nata,

Gai. Inst. 2, 72 al. —

Transf.:

apud fustitudinas ferricrepinas insulas,

i. e. the mills in which, as a punishment, slaves were forced to grind, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 18.—

A house for poor people, which was let out in portions to several families; opp. domus, which was the mansion of a rich family, Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:

intellego Clodii insulam esse venalem,

id. Cael. 7, 17; Tac. A. 6, 45; 15, 43; Suet. Tib. 48; id. Caes. 41; Mart. 4, 37, 4 al.; sometimes also of a single lodging in such a house, Suet. Ner. 38; cf. Preller, Regionen der Stadt Rom, p. 86 sq.; Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 146 sq. 2d edit.—

A temple (eccl.); cf. Is. Voss. ad Just. 32, 2, 2.

Insŭla, ae, f., nom. prop., a part of Syracuse cut off from the rest by a narrow arm of the sea, which was bridged, Liv. 24, 21, 6; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117.

interfĭcĭo, fēci, fectum (archaic pass.:

interfiat,

Lucr. 3, 872:

interfieri,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 131), 3, v. a. [inter-facio], to put between.

In gen. (rare):

terrae natura medicatas aquas interficit,

Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222 (al. inficiat).—

In partic.

To consume, devour: piscium magnam atque altilium vim, Lucil. ap. Non. 330, 31 al. —

To destroy, bring to naught:

messes,

Verg. G. 4, 330: herbas, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 450, 2:

usum, fructum, victum,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 4:

virginitatem,

App. M. 5, p. 160, 25.—

To kill, slay, murder (class.;

syn. neco, occido, trucido): aliquem,

Cic. Att. 13, 10; Caes. B. G. 1, 12 fin.; 2, 23; Sall. Cat. 18, 5; Liv. 31, 18, 7 al.:

feras,

Lucr. 5, 1249.—With abl. of separation, to cut off from:

aliquem et vitā, et lumine,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 37.—With abl. of means:

anum siti fameque atque algu,

id. Most. 1, 3, 36.—

Esp. with se, to commit suicide: se ipsum, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2:

omnes desperatā salute se ipsi interficiunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 3, 10; Caes. B. G. 5, 37, 6; Liv. 31, 18, 7; Tac. A. 6, 18; Quint. 11, 1, 36; Curt. 6, 11, 20; Aug. Civ. Dei, 1, 17 fin. al.—

To interrupt:

sermonem,

App. M. 11, p. 269.

termĕs, ĭtis, m. [tero], a bough cut off from the olive-tree, Hor. Epod. 16, 45;

of the palm-tree,

Gell. 3, 9, 9:

inculto termite,

Grat. Cyn. 20; cf.:

termes ramus desectus ex arbore nec foliis repletus, ac nimis glaber,

Fest. p. 367 Müll.

termes, v. tarmes.

Termes, ētis, f., = Termes, a town in Spain, now Lerma, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 27; Flor. 3, 22 fin. —Hence, Termestīnus, a, um, adj., belonging to Termes, Tac. A. 4, 45.— Subst.: Termestīni, ōrum, m. plur., the inhabitants of Termes, Epit. Liv. 54 Drak. —

A town in Ionia, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118.

termĕs, ĭtis, m. [tero], a bough cut off from the olive-tree, Hor. Epod. 16, 45;

of the palm-tree,

Gell. 3, 9, 9:

inculto termite,

Grat. Cyn. 20; cf.:

termes ramus desectus ex arbore nec foliis repletus, ac nimis glaber,

Fest. p. 367 Müll.

termes, v. tarmes.

Termes, ētis, f., = Termes, a town in Spain, now Lerma, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 27; Flor. 3, 22 fin. —Hence, Termestīnus, a, um, adj., belonging to Termes, Tac. A. 4, 45.— Subst.: Termestīni, ōrum, m. plur., the inhabitants of Termes, Epit. Liv. 54 Drak. —

A town in Ionia, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118.

termĕs, ĭtis, m. [tero], a bough cut off from the olive-tree, Hor. Epod. 16, 45;

of the palm-tree,

Gell. 3, 9, 9:

inculto termite,

Grat. Cyn. 20; cf.:

termes ramus desectus ex arbore nec foliis repletus, ac nimis glaber,

Fest. p. 367 Müll.

termes, v. tarmes.

Termes, ētis, f., = Termes, a town in Spain, now Lerma, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 27; Flor. 3, 22 fin. —Hence, Termestīnus, a, um, adj., belonging to Termes, Tac. A. 4, 45.— Subst.: Termestīni, ōrum, m. plur., the inhabitants of Termes, Epit. Liv. 54 Drak. —

A town in Ionia, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118.

termĕs, ĭtis, m. [tero], a bough cut off from the olive-tree, Hor. Epod. 16, 45;

of the palm-tree,

Gell. 3, 9, 9:

inculto termite,

Grat. Cyn. 20; cf.:

termes ramus desectus ex arbore nec foliis repletus, ac nimis glaber,

Fest. p. 367 Müll.

termes, v. tarmes.

Termes, ētis, f., = Termes, a town in Spain, now Lerma, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 27; Flor. 3, 22 fin. —Hence, Termestīnus, a, um, adj., belonging to Termes, Tac. A. 4, 45.— Subst.: Termestīni, ōrum, m. plur., the inhabitants of Termes, Epit. Liv. 54 Drak. —

A town in Ionia, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118.

inter-clūdo, ūsi, ūsum, 3, v. a. [claudo], to shut out, shut off.

Lit.

To cut off, hinder, stop, block up, shut off.

Of one's way, passage, entrance, retreat, etc.; constr. (syn. intersaepio).

With acc. of thing and dat. of person:

hisce omnis aditus ad Sullam,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110:

sibi reditum,

Just. 2, 5, 10; cf.

also: intercludit aditum veritati,

Aug. de Mendac. 11.—

Esp. freq. in milit. lang.: iter inimicis,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 68:

exitum Romano,

Liv. 22, 13, 5:

aditum Romanis,

id. 22, 22, 10.—

With gen. of person (very rare):

multitudinis fugam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 11, 8.—

Pass., with abl. of thing:

his superatis aut reditu interclusis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 30, 2:

omni exitu interclusi,

id. ib. 7, 44, 4:

interclusus itinere Caesar,

id. ib. 7, 59, 1; id. B. C. 2, 20, 1; 7: ne reditu intercluderentur, Auct. B. Alex. 20, 5; but with abl. of manner, etc.:

via inculta atque interclusa frondibus et virgultis,

Cic. Cael. 18:

cum Byzantii totum Pontum aegre repulsum, et cervicibus interclusum suis, sustinerent,

id. Prov. Cons. 4.—

With acc. alone:

bene laudata virtus voluptatis aditus intercludat necesse est,

Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 118; cf.:

omnīs vias seditionum,

id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

ut fugam intercludat,

id. Att. 7, 20, 1:

iter,

id. ib. 8, 11, D. 4:

fugam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 11:

illos aspera ponti Interclusit hiemps,

Verg. A. 2, 111:

cervis objectis, ut viam intercluderet,

Liv. 44, 11, 4:

exitum ad opem ferendam,

id. 22, 13, 5.—

In gen., to shut off, cut off, stop, hinder, prevent:

commeatus hostibus,

Liv. 26, 39, 10; 44, 6, 12:

ob interclusos commeatus,

Suet. Aug. 16:

spiritum,

Curt. 7, 5, 15; 3, 6, 14:

vocem,

Just. 11, 8, 4; cf.:

consuli admiratio intercluserat vocem,

Liv. 2, 2, 8.—

To cut off, separate one from any thing.

From a place.

With acc., ab, and abl. (so most usu.):

adversarios ab oppido,

Caes. B. C. 1, 43, 2:

Pompeium ab eo (Dyrrachio),

id. ib. 3, 41, 3: ipsum ab reliquo exercitu, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4: so,

ab exercitu,

Caes. B. G. 7, 1, 6:

a praesidio,

id. ib. 1, 59, 5:

intercludi ab oppido,

Liv. 1, 27, 10:

interclusi ab suis,

id. 3, 70, 5:

a patria,

id. 5, 42, 5:

ab acie,

id. 4, 41, 4:

tribunos a plebe,

id. 25, 4, 4 et saep.; Auct. B. Alex. 27, 4; Flor. 4, 2, 26. —

With acc. and abl. alone (rare):

hostem Hibero intercludere, et frumento prohibere (cf. 2. infra),

Caes. B. C. 1, 67, 3.—

From aid, supplies, relief, etc.; with abl.:

re frumentaria intercludi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 23, 3:

frumento commeatuque Caesarem,

id. ib. 1, 48, 2: commeatibus nostros. id. ib. 3, 23, 6; id. B. C. 1, 61, 2; 1, 72, 1:

ille commeatu et reliquis copiis intercludendus,

Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2:

hostem commeatibus,

Flor. 3, 19, 11:

hostes commeatibus in urbe inclusos intercludunt,

Just. 4, 4, 5.— Absol.:

ne tot fortissimos viros interclusos opprimeret hostis,

Liv. 4, 39, 3; cf.:

interclusi equites,

id. ib. § 2.—

To shut in, blockade:

metuo, ne jam intercludemur, ut cum velitis exire, non liceat,

Cic. Fam. 14, 14, 1:

libertatem suis praesidiis interclusam tenere,

id. Leg. 2, 28, 75:

veriti, ne angustiis intercluderentur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

aliquem in insidiis,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 84:

animam,

to stop the breath, to stifle, Liv. 23, 7:

Amazoniā latus peltā,

to cover, Stat. S. 5, 1, 131. —

Trop., to hinder, prevent; with quominus:

intercludor dolore, quominus ad te plura scribam,

Cic. Att. 8, 8, 2. [p. 979]

sĕco, cŭi, ctum ( part. fut. secaturus, Col. 5, 9, 2), 1, v. a. [root sak-, to cut; whence securis, sĕcula, serra (secra), segmen, sexus, saxum, etc.; cf. sīca, and Gr. keiô, keazô, schizô], to cut, cut off, cut up (class.; syn.: caedo, scindo).

Lit.

In gen.:

leges duodecim tabularum, si plures forent, quibus rens esset judicatus, secare, si vellent, atque partiri corpus addicti sibi hominis permiserunt,

Gell. 20, 1, 48 sq.; cf.:

et judicatos in partes secari a creditoribus leges erant,

Tert. Apol. 4:

cape cultrum, seca Digitum vel aurem,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 38 sq.:

omne animal secari ac dividi potest, nullum est eorum individuum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 29: pabulum secari non posse, be cut, mown, * Caes. B. G. 7, 14; so,

sectae herbae,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 67:

gallinam,

to cut to pieces, Juv. 5, 124:

placenta,

Mart. 3, 77, 3:

alicui collum gladio suā dexterā,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 3, 10:

palatum,

to divide, Cels. 8, 1:

tergora in frusta,

Verg. A. 1, 212: dona auro gravia sectoque elephanto, i. e. of carved, wrought ivory (an imitation of the Homeric pristos elephas, Od. 18, 196), Verg. A. 3, 464:

marmora,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 17: sectis nitebat marmoribus, Luc. 10, 114; so absol.:

nec ideo ferrum secandi vim non perdidit,

Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 1:

prave sectus unguis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 104:

secti lapides,

Vulg. Exod. 20, 25. —

In partic.

Med. t. t., to cut surgically; to operate on; to cut off or out, amputate, excise, etc.:

in corpore si quid ejusmodi est, quod reliquo corpori noceat, id uri secarique patimur,

Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 15; cf.:

saevitia secandi,

Plin. 29, 1, 6, § 13; so,

membra,

id. 26, 11, 69, § 112:

vomicam,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 13:

varices Mario,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35 (for which, exciditur, Cels. 7, 31); cf. of the same: C. Marius cum secaretur, ut supra dixi, principio vetuit se alligari;

nec quisquam ante Marium solutus dicitur esse sectus,

was cut, operated upon, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:

servum,

Just. Inst. 4, 3, 6.—

To cut, castrate (very rare):

puer avari sectus arte mangonis,

Mart. 9, 7, 4; so,

sectus Gallus (corresp. to eviratus),

id. 5, 41, 3.—

Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

To scratch, tear, wound, hurt, injure (cf. caedo, II.):

ambo (postes) ab infimo tarmes secat,

the worms are gnawing them, they are wormeaten, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

luctantis acuto ne secer ungui,

lest I should be torn, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 47; cf.:

rigido sectas invenit ungue genas,

Ov. F. 6, 148:

teneras plantas tibi (glacies),

Verg. E. 10, 49:

corpora vepres,

id. G. 3, 444:

crura (sentes),

Ov. M. 1, 509:

pete ferro Corpus et intorto verbere terga seca,

cut, lacerate, Tib. 1, 9, 22; so,

sectus flagellis,

Hor. Epod. 4, 11:

loris,

Mart. 10, 5, 14 al.:

si quem podagra secat,

gnaws, torments, Cat. 71, 2;

imitated by Martial: podagra cheragraque secatur Gaius,

Mart. 9, 92, 9.—

Like the Gr. temnein, and our to cut, i. e.,

To divide, cleave, separate ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quos (populos) secans interluit Allia,

Verg. A. 7, 717:

medios Aethiopas (Nilus),

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53:

medios agros (Tiberis),

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12:

medium agmen (Turnus),

Verg. A. 10, 440:

agrum (limes),

Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331:

caelum (zonae),

Ov. M. 1, 46:

sectus orbis,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 75; cf.:

in longas orbem qui secuere vias,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 16.—

With the idea of motion, to cut through, i. e. to run, sail, fly, swim, go, etc., through:

delphinum similes, qui per maria umida nando Carpathium Libycumque secant,

cut through, cleave, Verg. A.5, 595:

aequor,

id. ib. 5, 218:

pontum,

id. ib. 9, 103:

aequor Puppe,

Ov. M. 11, 479:

fretum puppe,

id. ib. 7, 1; cf.:

vada nota (amnis),

id. ib. 1, 370:

ales avis... geminis secat aëra pennis,

Cic. Arat. 48:

aethera pennis (avis),

Verg. G. 1, 406; 1, 409:

auras (cornus),

id. A. 12, 268:

ventos (Cyllenia proles),

ib. ib. 4, 257:

sub nubibus arcum (Iris),

id. ib. 9, 15 et saep.— Secare viam (vias), the Gr. temnein hodon, to take one's way, to travel a road:

ille viam secat ad naves,

Verg. A. 6, 899:

hinc velut diversae secari coeperunt viae,

Quint. 3, 1, 14.—

Trop. (acc. to I. C. 1. and 2.).

To cut up, lash in speaking, i.e. to censure, satirize:

secuit Lucilius Urbem,

Pers. 1, 114.—

To divide (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

cum causas in plura genera secuerunt,

Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 117:

haec in plures partes,

Quint. 8, 6, 13; cf.:

scrupulose in partes sectā divisionis diligentiā,

id. 4, 5, 6:

quae natura singularia sunt secant (corresp. to divido),

id. 4, 5, 25:

sectae ad tenuitatem suam vires (just before: distinguendo. dividendo),

id. 12, 2, 13.—Hence, in Hor., like dirimo (II.), of disputes, to cut off, i.e. to decide them:

quo multae magnaeque secantur judice lites,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 42: magnas res, to cure (as it were, by a light operation), id. S. 1, 10, 15.—And once in Verg.: secare spem (the figure borrowed from the phrases secare mare, auras, viam): quae cuique est fortuna hodie, quam quisque secat spem, whatever hope each follows, i. e. indulges in, entertains, Verg. A. 10, 107 (secat, sequitur, tenet, habet;

ut: Ille viam secat ad naves,

id. ib. 6, 899: unde et sectas dicimus, habitus animorum et instituta philosophiae circa disciplinam, Serv.).

abs-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut off with a sharp instrument (diff. from ab-scindo, to break or tear off as with the hand); the former corresponds to praecidere, the latter to avellere, v. Liv. 31, 34, 4 Drak.

Lit.:

caput,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5; Liv. 4, 19; Verg. A. 12, 511 al.; so,

membra,

Lucr. 3, 642:

bracchium,

Liv. 4, 28, 8:

collum,

Sil. 15, 473:

dextram,

Suet. Caes. 68:

linguam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 7; Suet. Calig. 27 al.:

comas alicui,

Luc. 6, 568:

truncos arborum et ramos,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 2.—

Trop., to cut off, deprive of; to detract:

spem (alicui),

Liv. 4, 10, 4; 24, 30, 12; 35, 45, 6:

orationem alicui,

id. 45, 37, 9:

omnium rerum respectum sibi,

id. 9, 23, 12:

omnia praesidia,

Tac. H. 3, 78:

vocem,

Vell. 2, 66; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 85.— Absol.:

quarum (orationum) alteram non libebat mihi scribere, quia abscideram,

had broken off, Cic. Att. 2, 7.—Hence, abscīsus, a, um, P. a., cut off.

Of places, steep, precipitous (cf. abruptus):

saxum undique abscisum,

Liv. 32, 4, 5; so id. 32, 25, 36:

rupes,

id. 32, 5, 12.—

Of speech, abrupt, concise, short:

in voce aut omnino suppressā, aut etiam abscisā,

Quint. 8, 3, 85; 9, 4, 118 Halm (al. abscissa):

asperum et abscisum castigationis genus,

Val. Max. 2, 7, 14:

responsum,

id. 3, 8, 3:

sententia,

id. 6, 3, 10; cf. in comp.:

praefractior atque abscisior justitia,

id. 6, 5, ext. 4.— Sup. prob. not used.— Adv.: abscīsē, cut off; hence, of speech, concisely, shortly, distinctly, Val. Max. 3, 7, ext. 6; Dig. 50, 6, 5, § 2.