scissis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →scindo, scindere, scidi, scissus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tear, split, divide; rend, cut to pieces; tear in rage/grief/despair;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...fundo harenas mare, micant ignes, intonat caelum, scissis rudentibus tempestas sibilat, denique sidus hibernum conditur, tu tamen persevera..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Aonios uigiles demitte Soporem.' uix ea, cum scissis magnum dea nubibus orbem protulit; expauere umbrae, fulgorque recisus sideribus..."Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...belli sudore calens, clipeumque cruentis roribus et scissi respersus puluere campi. necdum illum aut trunca lustrauerat obuia taxo..."Liber IV
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...stipatione cetera tenebantur. Ad hoc quidam ornatus adulescens scissis tunicis, ut in frequentia solet fieri, sola velatus toga..."