absciderant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →abscido, abscidere, abscidi, abscisus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
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;; tear (away/off) (clothing); cut off/away/short; part, break, divide, separate;
pl. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...aeternam sibi naturam abnuit esse. falciferos memorant currus abscidere membra saepe ita de subito permixta caede calentis..." Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Gongylion. Quid ergo? Linguam. Quis tibi persuasit naris abscidere moecho? Non hac peccatum est parte, marite, tibi. Stulte..."- L
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...adscensum arduos colles emunire nec latera montium abscidere, multiplicibus se muris turribusque saepire: salvum regem clementia in aperto..." - T
Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...nullam aliam causam, quam ne spem regibus absciderent auxilii sui, si quid opus esset, neu sibi ipsis fructus..."