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  • 1 Divide et impera

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  • 2 divido

    dī-vĭdo, vīsi, vīsum, 3 ( perf. sync. divisse, Hor. S. 2, 3, 169), v. a. [root vidh-, to part, split; Sanscr. vidhyati, to penetrate, whence vidhava; Lat. vidua].
    I.
    To force asunder, part, separate, divide (very freq. and class.; cf.: distribuo, dispertio; findo, scindo, dirimo, divello, separo, sejungo, segrego, secerno).
    A.
    Lit.: Europam Libyamque rapax ubi dividit unda, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 20; and id. N. D. 3, 10:

    discludere mundum membraque dividere,

    Lucr. 5, 440; cf.:

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

    Cic. N. D. 3, 12:

    crassum aërem,

    id. Tusc. 1, 19 fin. (with perrumpere); cf.

    nubila,

    Hor. C. 1, 34, 6:

    muros,

    to break through, Verg. A. 2, 234:

    marmor cuneis,

    to split, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 14; cf.:

    hunc medium securi,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 100:

    mediam frontem ferro,

    Verg. A. 9, 751; also simply, insulam, for to divide into two parts, Liv. 24, 6.— Poet.:

    vagam caelo volucrem,

    i. e. to cleave, to shoot, Sil. 2, 90:

    sol... in partes non aequas dividit orbem,

    Lucr. 5, 683;

    so Galliam in partes tres,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

    vicum in duas partes flumine,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 6:

    civitatem Helvetiam in quatuor pagos,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 4:

    populum unum in duas partes,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 19; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 5; id. B. C. 1, 35, 3:

    divisi in factiones,

    Suet. Ner. 20 et saep.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    For distribuere, to divide among several, to distribute, apportion:

    praedam,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 72:

    argentum,

    id. Aul. 2, 2, 3:

    pecudes et agros,

    Lucr. 5, 1109; cf.

    agros,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 18:

    agrum viritim,

    id. Brut. 14, 57; cf.:

    bona viritim,

    id. Tusc. 3, 20, 48:

    munera, vestem, aurum, etc.,

    Suet. Aug. 7 et saep.:

    nummos in viros,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 30:

    Thracia in Rhoemetalcen inque liberos Cotyis dividitur,

    Tac. A. 2, 67; cf. id. ib. 3, 38. So of distributing troops in any place:

    equitatum in omnes partes,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 43, 4:

    exercitum omnem passim in civitates,

    Liv. 28, 2; cf. id. 6, 3 fin.:

    Romanos in custodiam civitatium,

    id. 43, 19; cf. id. 37, 45 fin.; cf.

    also: conjuratos municipatim,

    Suet. Caes. 14:

    agros viritim civibus,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 14; so with dat. (most freq.):

    agrum sordidissimo cuique,

    Liv. 1, 47; cf. id. 34, 32; Suet. Caes. 20 et saep.:

    tabellas toti Italiae,

    Cic. Sull. 15:

    praedam militibus,

    Sall. J. 91, 6:

    loca praefectis,

    Liv. 25, 30:

    duo praedia natis duobus,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 169:

    oscula nulli,

    id. C. 1, 36, 6 et saep.; cf.

    in double construction: divisit in singulos milites trecenos aeris, duplex centurionibus, triplex equiti,

    Liv. 40, 59:

    inter participes praedam,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 5; so,

    inter se,

    id. Poen. 3, 5, 30; Nep. Thras. 1 fin.:

    per populum fumantia (liba),

    Ov. F. 3, 672; so,

    agros per veteranos,

    Suet. Dom. 9:

    dimidiam partem cum aliquo,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 37; so id. Am. 5, 1, 73; id. Stich. 5, 4, 15:

    praemia mecum,

    Ov. F. 4, 887.— Absol.:

    non divides (with dispertire),

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 4; so Liv. 44, 45; Ov. M. 13, 102 al.—
    b.
    In mercant. lang. like distrahere and divendere, to sell piecemeal, in parcels, to retail, Suet. Caes. 54; id. Ner. 26.—
    c.
    In mal. part., Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 4 Wagner; 7; cf. Petr. 11 Büch.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen.:

    bona tripartito,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13 fin.:

    annum ex aequo,

    Ov. M. 5, 565:

    horas (bucina),

    Luc. 2, 689:

    tempora curarum remissionumque,

    Tac. Agr. 9:

    dignitatem ordinum,

    id. A. 13, 27:

    et explanare ambigua,

    Cic. Or. 32 fin.:

    idem genus universum in species certas partietur et dividet,

    id. ib. 33, 117; cf.

    of logical or rhet. division,

    id. Fin. 2, 9, 28; Quint. 3, 6, 37 et saep.: verba, to divide at the end of the line, Suet. Aug. 87:

    nos alio mentes, alio divisimus aures,

    Cat. 62, 15; cf.:

    animum nunc huc celerem, nunc dividit illuc,

    Verg. A. 4, 285.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Sententiam, polit. t. t., to divide the question, i. e. to take the vote separately upon the several parts of a motion or proposition:

    divisa sententia est postulante nescio quo,

    Cic. Mil. 6, 14; id. Fam. 1, 2; Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 15; Sen. Ep. 21; id. Vit. Beat. 3. The expression used in requiring this was DIVIDE, Ascon. Cic. Mil. 6, 14.—
    b.
    (Acc. to A. 2. a.) To distribute, apportion:

    sic belli rationem esse divisam, ut, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 17, 3:

    haec temporibus,

    Ter. And. 3, 1, 18;

    Just. Praef. § 3: ea (negotia) divisa hoc modo dicebantur, etc.,

    Sall. C. 43, 2.—
    c.
    Pregn., to break up, dissolve, destroy = dissolvere:

    nostrum concentum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 31:

    ira fuit capitalis ut ultima divideret mors,

    id. S. 1, 7, 13:

    dividitur ferro regnum,

    Luc. 1, 109; cf.:

    dividimus muros, et moenia pandimus urbis,

    Verg. A. 2, 234.—
    d.
    To accompany, i. e. to share upon an instrument a song sung by a voice:

    grata feminis Imbelli cithara carmina divides,

    Hor. C. 1, 15, 15.
    II.
    To divide, separate, part from; to remove from (class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    flumen Rhenus agrum Helvetium a Germanis dividit... flumen Rhodanus provinciam nostram ab Helvetiis dividit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 2, 3; 1, 8, 1; 5, 11, 9:

    Macedoniam a Thessalia,

    id. B. C. 3, 36, 3:

    Gallos ab Aquitanis,

    id. B. G. 1, 1, 2 al.:

    tota cervice desecta, divisa a corpore capita,

    Liv. 31, 34, 4:

    populum distribuit in quinque classes, senioresque a junioribus divisit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 22:

    tam multa illa meo divisast milia lecto, Quantum, etc.,

    Prop. 1, 12, 3; cf.:

    dextras miseris complexibus,

    Stat. Th. 3, 166:

    tuis toto dividor orbe rogis,

    Ov. Pont. 1, 9, 48:

    dividor (sc.: ab uxore) haud aliter, quam si mea membra relinquam,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 73; cf. Prop. 1, 12, 10:

    (Italiam) Longa procul longis via dividit invia terris,

    separates, keeps distant, Verg. A. 3, 383; cf. id. ib. 12, 45:

    discedite a contactu ac dividite turbidos,

    Tac. A. 1, 43 fin. —
    B.
    Trop., to separate, distinguish:

    legem bonam a mala,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44:

    defensionem (opp. se comitem exitii promittebat),

    Tac. A. 3, 15. —
    2.
    Transf., for distinguere (II.), to distinguish, decorate, adorn (very rare):

    qualis gemma micat, fulvum quae dividit aurum,

    Verg. A. 10, 134:

    scutulis dividere,

    Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196.—Hence, dīvīsus, a, um, P. a., divided, separated:

    divisior,

    Lucr. 4, 962.— Adv.
    (α).
    dīvīse, distinctly, separately, Gell. 1, 22, 16; 7, 2 fin.; Tert. Carn. Chr. 13.—
    (β).
    dīvīsim, separately, Hier. Ep. 100, 14.

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  • 3 dīvidō

        dīvidō vīsī (dīvīsse, H.), vīsus, ere    [VID-], to divide, force asunder, part: Europam Libyamque (unda): hunc securi, H.: frontem ferro, V.: insulam, L.: Gallia est divisa in partīs trīs, Cs.: divisum senatum (esse), Cs.: Hoc iter, i. e. gave two days to, H.: ut ultima divideret mors, part (the combatants), H.: gemma, fulvum quae dividit aurum, i. e. is set in gold, V. — To divide, distribute, apportion, share: bona viritim: Vinum, V.: equitatum in omnīs partīs, Cs.: regnum inter Iugurtham et Adherbalem, S.: (pecuniam) iudicibus: agrum cuique, L.: in singulos milites trecenos aeris, L.: bona publicata inter se, N.: praemia mecum, O.: in dividendo plus offensionum erat, L.: Dividite (sc. arma), O.: sedes adhuc nullā potentiā divisae, appropriated, Ta. — To break up, scatter, destroy: concentum, H.: muros, V.: ventis fomenta, H.— To separate, divide, part, remove: agrum Helvetium a Germanis, Cs.: qui locus Aegyptum ab Africā dividit, S.: Scythes Hadriā Divisus obiecto, H.: divisa a corpore capita, L.: Dividor (i. e. ab uxore), O.: parens quem nunc Ardea Dividit, keeps away, V.—Fig., to part, divide, distribute, apportion, arrange: annum ex aequo, O.: tempora curarum remissionumque, Ta.: animum huc illuc, V.: citharā carmina, i. e. sing by turns, H.: sententiam, to divide the question: divisa sententia est: sic belli rationem esse divisam, ut, etc., regulated, Cs.: ea (negotia) divisa hoc modo dicebantur, etc., S.— To separate, distinguish: legem bonam a malā: bona diversis, H.
    * * *
    dividere, divisi, divisus V
    divide, separate, break up; share, distribute; distinguish

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  • 4 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.
    * * *
    I
    secare, secavi, secatus V TRANS
    cut, sever; decide; divide in two/halve/split; slice/chop/cut up/carve; detach
    II
    secare, secui, sectus V TRANS
    cut, sever; decide; divide in two/halve/split; slice/chop/cut up/carve; detach

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  • 5 dī-dūcō

        dī-dūcō dūxī, ductus, ere,    to draw apart, part, split, separate, sever, sunder, divide, undo, relax: digitos: risu rictum Auditoris, H.: nodos manu, O.: arva et urbīs, V.: fores, Ta.: scopulos (Hannibal), Iu.: vestem, Iu.—To divide, distribute, disperse, scatter: diductis nostris paullatim navibus, Cs.: acies diductam in cornua, L.: choros, V.: suas copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci, Cs.: diductā manu hostium, S.: ut hostem diducerent, Ta. — Fig., to part, sever: cum diducaris ab alquo: vastius diducuntur verba, are pronounced separately: Diductos (amantīs) cogere, H.—To divide: assem in partīs centum, H.: diducta civitas ut civili bello, divided into parties, Ta.: animus varietate rerum diductus, distracted.

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  • 6 dispertiō

        dispertiō īvī, ītus, īre    [dis- + partio], to distribute, divide: inter manipulos funditores, S.: pecuniam iudicibus: exercitum per oppida, L.: mensam servis, N.: portas tribunis, assign, S.— Fig., to divide, apportion: tempora voluptatis laborisque: initia vitae atque victūs hominibus: tot in curas dispertiti animi, distracted, L.
    * * *
    dispertire, dispertivi, dispertitus V TRANS
    divide (up); distribute; assign; separate into lots/groups

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  • 7 findō

        findō —, fissus, ere    [2 FID-], to cleave, split, part, separate, divide: hoc quasi rostro finditur Fibrenus: rostris terram, V.: tellus, quam Findunt flumina, H.: siti arva: partīs se via findit in ambas, V.: lingua In partīs duas, O.: lignum, V. —Fig., to divide: Qui dies mensem Findit, H.
    * * *
    findere, fidi, fissus V
    split, cleave, divide

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  • 8 scindō

        scindō (scidī, late), scissus, ere    [2 SAC-], to cut, tear, rend, force apart, split, cleave, divide: dolore comam, Att. ap. C.: crinīs, V.: scissae capillos matres, O.: vestem, tear open, L.: coronam, H.: vitiato fistula plumbo Scinditur, bursts open, O.: vallum, tear up, Cs.: cuneis lignum, cleave, V.: ferro aequor (i. e. humum), V.: puppis aquas, O. — To part, separate, divide: scindit Sueviam continuum montium iugum, Ta.: Scinditur in geminas partīs amnis, O.: genus amborum scindit se sanguine ab uno, i. e. branches, V.: Scinditur studia in contraria volgus, V.: fletu verba, interrupt, O.
    * * *
    scindere, scindi, scissus V
    tear, split, divide

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  • 9 divello

    I
    divellere, divelli, divulsus V TRANS
    alienate/estrange; compel (persons) to part company, force away; separate from; tear away/open/apart, tear to pieces/in two; break up, sunder/disrupt; divide
    II
    divellere, divolsi, divolsus V TRANS
    alienate/estrange; compel (persons) to part company, force away; separate from; tear away/open/apart, tear to pieces/in two; break up, sunder/disrupt; divide
    III
    divellere, divulsi, divulsus V TRANS
    alienate/estrange; compel (persons) to part company, force away; separate from; tear away/open/apart, tear to pieces/in two; break up, sunder/disrupt; divide

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  • 10 diduco

    dī-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to draw apart; to part, split, separate, sever, sunder, divide (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    ventus eas (sc. nubes) leviter diducit,

    Lucr. 6, 215:

    cum compresserat digitos pugnumque fecerat... cum autem diduxerat et manum dilataverat, etc.,

    Cic. Or. 32, 113;

    of the graceful movements of the arms in dancing: molli diducit candida gestu brachia,

    Prop. 3, 15, 5 (Müll. al. deducit):

    candida seu molli diducit brachia motu,

    Stat. S. 3, 5, 66; cf.

    oculum,

    Cels. 7, 7, 4:

    supercilium volnere diductum,

    Plin. 11, 37, 57, § 157:

    pedem et crus in diversa,

    Cels. 8, 22:

    os,

    Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 36:

    nares, Quint 11, 3, 80: labra,

    ib. 81:

    fauces immani hiatu,

    to stretch, Sil. 3, 194:

    rictum risu,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 7 et saep.:

    nodos manu,

    Ov. M. 2, 560; cf.:

    complexus vestros,

    Prop. 1, 13, 19:

    humum,

    Ov. M. 8, 588; cf.:

    arva et urbes,

    Verg. A. 3, 419:

    terram,

    id. G. 2, 354:

    scopulos (Hannibal),

    Juv. 10, 153; cf.

    of natural cleavings of the earth,

    Tac. A. 2, 47; 12, 69: cibum, i. e. to digest = digerere, Cels. 3, 4 fin.; v. the foll.:

    mixti neque inter se diducti colores,

    Cels. 2, 8 et saep.—With in:

    crudam materiam in corpus omne diduci, Cels. praef.: maxima flumina in rivos diducuntur,

    Quint. 5, 13, 13; cf.:

    domum in multos diductam recessus,

    id. 11, 2, 18. —
    B.
    In partic. milit. t. t., to separate the forces, in a good or (more freq.) in a bad sense; to divide, distribute; to disperse, scatter:

    diductis nostris paullatim navibus,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 2:

    instruunt aciem diductam in cornua,

    Liv. 5, 38, 1 Drak.; cf.:

    diducta propere in cornua levis armatura est,

    id. 21, 55, 5:

    diductis in latera viribus,

    Front. Strat. 2, 3, 8 Oud.:

    ordines,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 12;

    2, 6, 4: copias,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 111, 2:

    cornua,

    Liv. 31, 21, 14:

    robur,

    Luc. 3, 584 Cort.; and poet.:

    choros,

    Verg. A. 5, 581:

    ubi Crassus animadvertit, suas copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 23, 7; 6, 34, 5; id. B. C. 3. 40, 2; Sall. J. 25, 9; Liv. 26, 41; Tac. A. 2, 11; 4, 2; Front. Strat. 4, 7, 31 et saep.—
    II.
    Trop. (mostly post-Aug.):

    cum diducaris ab eo, quicum libentissime vixeris,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 55 fin.; cf.:

    amicitias cohaerentes, Sen. de Ira, 2, 29: nuptias,

    id. Contr. 2, 13; cf.

    matrimonium,

    Suet. Oth. 3; and:

    si repudio diducta fuerit,

    Sen. Contr. 2, 10:

    diducta civitas ut civili bello,

    divided into parties, Tac. A. 4, 17; cf.

    below: in sterili jejunaque materia, eandem speciem laudis diducere ac spargere,

    Plin. Pan. 66, 1; cf.

    argumenta,

    Quint. 4, 2, 82; 5, 13, 12:

    nomina,

    id. 6, 3, 17 Spald.:

    litem domini et conductoris,

    i. e. to settle, adjust, Col. 3, 13, 12 et saep.—With in:

    assem in partes centum,

    Hor. A. P. 326:

    in tres partes medicina diducta est, Cels. praef.: haec omnia rursus in species,

    Quint. 2, 14, 5; cf. id. 5, 10, 61; 94 al.:

    divisionem in digitos,

    to tell off on one's fingers, id. 4, 5, 24 (coupled with partiri); cf.

    argumenta,

    id. 11, 1, 53:

    animum in tam multiplex officium,

    id. 20, 7, 9:

    ultio senatum in studia diduxerat,

    Tac. H. 4, 6; 2, 68; cf.:

    seditio in diversa consilia diduxerat vulgum,

    Curt. 9, 1; of classification, to divide: in tres partes medicinam, Cels. praef.

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  • 11 seco

    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).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    To cut, castrate (very rare):

    puer avari sectus arte mangonis,

    Mart. 9, 7, 4; so,

    sectus Gallus (corresp. to eviratus),

    id. 5, 41, 3.—
    C.
    Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    Like the Gr. temnein, and our to cut, i. e.,
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    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.—
    II.
    Trop. (acc. to I. C. 1. and 2.).
    * A.
    To cut up, lash in speaking, i.e. to censure, satirize:

    secuit Lucilius Urbem,

    Pers. 1, 114.—
    B.
    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.).

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  • 12 abscīdō

        abscīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere    [abs+caedo], to cut off, hew off: caput, L.: cervicibus fractis caput abscidit.—Fig., to cut off, separate, divide: abscisus in duas partīs exercitus, Cs.—To cut off, take away violently: aliā spe undique abscisā, L.: omnium rerum respectum nobis, L.: quia abscideram, because I had broken off abruptly.
    * * *
    abscidere, abscidi, abscisus V TRANS
    hew/cut off/away/out; fell/cut down; remove, separate/cut off/destroy, divide; take away violently; expel/banish; destroy (hope); amputate; prune; cut short

    Latin-English dictionary > abscīdō

  • 13 carpō

        carpō psī, ptus, ere    [CARP-], to pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather: flores, H.: rosam, V.: manibus frondes, V.: frumenta manu, V. — To take ( as nourishment), crop, pluck off, browse, graze on: gramen, V.: pabula, O.: (apis) thyma, H.: Invidia summa cacumina carpit, O.: (prandium) quod erit bellissumum, pick dainties, T.—To tear off, tear away, pluck off, pull out (poet.): inter cornua saetas, V.: vellera, to spin, V.: pensum, H.: ex collo coronas, to pull off, H. — Fig., to pluck, snatch: flosculos (orationis): luctantia oscula, to snatch, O.—To enjoy, seize, use, make use of: breve ver, O.: diem, redeem, H.: auras vitalīs, V.: quietem, V.—To gnaw at, tear, blame, censure, carp at, slander, calumniate, revile: maledico dente: militum vocibus nonnihil carpi, Cs.: alquem sermonibus, L.: opus, O.—To weaken, enfeeble, wear away, consume, destroy: regina caeco carpitur igni, V.: invidia carpit et carpitur unā, O.: Tot tuos labores, i. e. to obscure the fame of, H.—In war, to inflict injury upon, weaken, harass: agmen adversariorum, Cs.: vires Romanas, L.: extrema agminis, L. — To cut to pieces, divide: carpenda membris minutioribus oratio: in multas partīs exercitum, L.—To take apart, single out: tu non animadvertes in omnes, sed carpes ut velis: carpi paucos ad ignominiam. — To go, tread upon, pass over, navigate, sail through, take one's way. viam, V.: supremum iter (i. e. mori), H.: gyrum, to go in a circle, V.: mare, O.: Carpitur acclivis trames, O.
    * * *
    carpere, carpsi, carptus V TRANS
    seize/pick/pluck/gather/browse/tear off; graze/crop; tease/pull out/card (wool); separate/divide, tear down; carve; despoil/fleece; pursue/harry; consume/erode

    Latin-English dictionary > carpō

  • 14 centuriō

        centuriō āvī, ātus, āre    [centuria], to divide into centuries, assign to companies, organize (of infantry): homines centuriari: iuventutem, L.: centuriati pedites, L.
    * * *
    I
    centuriare, centuriavi, centuriatus V TRANS
    arrange/assign (soldiers) in military centuries; divide land into centuriae
    II
    centurion, captain/commander of a century/company

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  • 15 concīdō

        concīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere    [com- + caedo], to cut up, cut through, cut to pieces, ruin, destroy: nervos: navīs, L.: magnos scrobibus montīs, to break up mounds, V. — In battle, to cut to pieces, cut down, destroy, kill: multitudinem eorum, Cs.: ab insciis conciduntur, N.—To cut up, beat severely, cudgel soundly: virgis plebem: pugnis, Iu.: concisus plurimis volneribus.—Fig., of discourse, to divide minutely, make fragmentary: sententias. —To strike down, prostrate, ruin, destroy, annul: auctoritatem ordinis: Antonium decretis: Timocraten totis voluminibus, to confute.
    * * *
    I
    concidere, concidi, - V INTRANS
    fall down/faint/dead/victim/to earth/short, collapse; drop, subside; decline; perish, be slain/sacrificed; lose one's case, fail, give out/lose heart, decay
    II
    concidere, concidi, concisus V TRANS
    cut/chop up/down/to pieces; crop; ruin, kill, destroy; divide minutely; beat

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  • 16 decuriō

        decuriō āvī, ātus, āre    [decuria], to divide into decuriae: decuriati equites, L. — To divide into companies, enroll in clubs (for bribery): cum vicatim homines decuriarentur: improbos.
    * * *
    I
    decuriare, decuriavi, decuriatus V TRANS
    make (cavlary) squads of ten; organize in military fashion; enrol in decuria
    II
    decurion, officer commanding a decuria (calvary squad); (also naval); foreman; member of municipal senate/governing committee of decuria; councillor

    Latin-English dictionary > decuriō

  • 17 decussō

        decussō āvī, ātus, āre    [decussis (decem + as), a coin stamped with X], to divide crosswise (in the form of an X), decussate.
    * * *
    decussare, decussavi, decussatus V TRANS
    arrange crosswise; mark with a cross; divide crosswise (in form of X) (L+S)

    Latin-English dictionary > decussō

  • 18 dirimō

        dirimō ēmī, ēmptus, ere    [dis- + emo], to take apart, part, separate, divide, cut off: dirimi (corpus) distrahive: dirimit Suebiam montium iugum, Ta.: urbs flumine dirempta, L.: a continenti urbem, Cu.: si quem dirimit plaga solis, whom the torrid zone parts (from us), V.: infestas acies, iras (i. e. iratos), to stand between, L.—Fig., to break off, interrupt, disturb, put off, delay: proelium dirimitur, Cs.: proelium nox diremit, S.: proelia voce, V.: venerunt ad dirimendum bellum, L.: certamina, O.: controversiam, to end: rem arbitrio, O.— To separate, dissolve, break off: coniunctionem civium: caritas dirimi non potest, etc.: dirempta pax, L.: conubium, L. — To interrupt, disturb, break up: conloquium, Cs.: ut concilia populi dirimerentur, L.: actum est nihil, nox diremit.— To destroy, frustrate, bring to naught: auspicium, L.: rem susceptam: consilium, S.
    * * *
    dirimere, diremi, diremptus V
    divide, pull apart, separate, break up, dissolve; interrupt, delay

    Latin-English dictionary > dirimō

  • 19 disclūdō

        disclūdō sī, sus, ere    [dis + claudo], to keep apart, divide, shut off: Nerea ponto, V.: quibus (tignis) disclusis, held asunder, Cs.: iram et cupiditatem locis, to assign: morsūs roboris, relax the pinch, V.
    * * *
    discludere, disclusi, disclusus V
    divide, separate, keep apart; shut off

    Latin-English dictionary > disclūdō

  • 20 discrīminō

        discrīminō āvī, ātus, āre    [discrimen], to divide, part, separate: Etruriam discriminat Cassia: late agros, V.: vigiliarum somnique tempora, apportion, L.
    * * *
    discriminare, discriminavi, discriminatus V
    divide up, separate

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