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exseco

exseco, to cut out, cut away, remove

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

exsecō, uī, tus, 1, a.: to cut out, 10.315.

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exsecta Verb: perfect passive participle neuter accusative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle feminine ablative singular, Verb: perfect passive participle feminine nominative singular, Verb: perfect passive participle feminine vocative singular, Verb: perfect passive participle neuter vocative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle neuter nominative plural of exseco

See exsecta in Morpho

ex -sĕco (also exĕco and exĭco, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 34 (122)), cŭi, ctum, 1 (perf. subj. exsecaveris, Cato R. R. 42), v. a., to cut out or away.
  • I Lit. (class.).
    • A In gen.: vitiosas partes, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 7: pestem aliquam tamquam strumam civitatis, id. Sest. 65, 135: linguam, id. Clu. 66: cornu (frontis), Hor. S. 1, 5, 59: varices, Sen. Ep. 78 med.: fetum ventri, Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 217: ventrem, Dig. 28, 2, 12: filium alicui mortuae, ib. 50, 16, 132: nervos, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91: fundum armarii, id. Clu. 64, 179.—
    • B In partic., to cut, castrate, geld: vetus haec opinio Graeciam opplevit exsectum Caelum a filio Saturno, Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 63; Suet. Ner. 28; Mart. 6, 2, 2; and in a Greek construction: infelix ferro mollita juventus Atque exsecta virum, Luc. 10, 134.—
  • II Trop.: exsectus et exemptus honoribus senatoriis, Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 3.—Poet., of interest: quinas hic capiti mercedes exsecat (=extorquet, extundit), cuts out, deducts, Hor. S. 1, 2, 14.

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