absciderat
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;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...Antonio mulier. Haec ulcera cum ipsis membris absciderat: alia subnascebantur; uelut graue multo sanguine corpus parte semper aliqua..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...superis fratrique++' et iam media orsa loquentis absciderat plenum capulo latus; ille dolori pugnat et ingentem nisu duplicatus..."
