dilacerer
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;
sg. pres. pass. subj. 1st
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..."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..."