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
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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..." - L
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..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...humilitatem obrutum est, aut per angustiam scissum. Ut autem tam curvom sit, facit natura mollioris Italiae, in quam..."