sectus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →seco, secare, secui, sectus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cut, sever; decide; divide in two/halve/split; slice/chop/cut up/carve; detach;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...finiantur morte supplicis poenae, Sed modo severi sectus Aeaci loris, Nunc inquieti monte Sisyphi pressus, Nunc inter undas..."Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...parere iam scelus non est. non puer avari sectus arte mangonis virilitatis damna maeret ereptae, nec quam superbus..."Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...euiratior fluxo, et concubino mollior Celaenaeo, quem sectus ululat matris entheae Gallus, theatra loqueris et gradus et edicta..."- P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tibi derectos placeat via quinque per arcus! sectus in obliquum est lato curvamine limes, zonarumque trium contentus fine..."