abscisam
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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →abscisus, abscisa -um, abscisior -or -us, abscisissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
steep, sheer, precipitous; abrupt, curt, brusque; restricted; cut off, severed;
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...promiscuam habere ac volgarem clementiam oportet nec abscisam; nam tam omnibus ignoscere crudelitas quam nulli. Modum tenere debemus..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...placemus umbras: capitis exuuias cape laceraeque frontis accipe abscisam comam. non licuit animos iungere, at certe licet iunxisse..."
