dilacerent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dilacero, dilacerare, dilaceravi, dilaceratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tear to pieces, tear in pieces; tear apart;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uncis (pro furor! usque adeo tela exatiauimus?) artus dilacerant. nonne Hyrcanis bellare putatis tigribus, aut saeuos Libyae contra..."- P
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...facta suorum. undique circumstant, mersisque in corpore rostris dilacerant falsi dominum sub imagine cervi, nec nisi finita..."