discerpta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →discerpo, discerpere, discerpsi, discerptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
pluck or tear in pieces; rend, mutilate, mangle;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...subditis spument aena, membra per partes eant discerpta, patrios polluat sanguis focos, epulae instruantur - non noui sceleris tibi..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...arte emendaturus fortunam; deinde secuti mazonomo pueri magno discerpta ferentes membra gruis sparsi sale multo non sine farre..."