abscisum
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.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. 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. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...pectora fratriscaedat et, ut notum possit spoliare cadauer,abscisum longe mittat caput, ora parentisquis laceret nimiaque probet spectantibus..."Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...terra videatur ab artubus id quod decidit abscisum, cum mens tamen atque hominis vis mobilitate mali non quit..."Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...imperata: mitte, qui Plauti mihi Sullaeque caesi referat abscisum caput. Praefectvs Iussa haud morabor: castra confestim petam..."
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...quisve pudor Colchos iterum fratremque videnti quicquid et abscisum vasto iam tuta profundo credideras! ergo infausto sese occulit..."
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...nescioquo penitus se numine vinci sentit et abscisum quicquid pudor ante monebat, tum thalami penetrale petit quae maxima..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...trahique oculos seseque agnouit in illo, imperat abscisum porgi, laeuaque receptum spectat atrox hostile caput, gliscitque tepentis lumina..."Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...castris et ancipitem terrorem intra extraque munitiones, non abscisum in duas partes exercitum, cum altera alteri auxilium ferre..."Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inueniri posset; nec natura quicquam satis arduum aut abscisum erat, quod hosti aditum adscensumue difficilem praeberet; omnia fastigio..."
