A.cut in twain: bisect a line, Plb.6.28.2:—Pass., Arist.Pr.913b31; “σώματος -ηθέντος” Plu.Pyrrh.24: metaph. of the medial raphe of the perineum, Paul.Aeg.6.62, etc.
2. punish with the last severity, Ev.Matt.24.51.
4. intr., of the moon, dub. in Plu.2.929f.