exsecto
Dictionary entries
- Entry →exseco, exsecare, exsecui, exsectus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cut out/off; remove/make (hole) by cutting; cut, make cut in; castrate;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...atto maestae Phrygas annua Matris ira vel exsectos lacerat Bellona comatos, haud secus accensas subito Medea cohortes implicat..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...caput et movet. 'o tua cornu ni foret exsecto frons,' inquit, 'quid faceres, cum sic mutilus minitaris..."