scissum
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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...variis constat: in hac es Reguli arca, Catonis scissum manu sua vulnus, Rutili exsilium, calix venenatus qui Socraten..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...sereno tonat? Quia tunc quoque per crassum et scissum aera spiritus prosilit. At quare aliquando non fulgurat..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...humilitatem obrutum est, aut per angustiam scissum. Ut autem tam curvom sit, facit natura mollioris Italiae, in quam..."