I.by cutting, with cuts.
I. Lit.
A. Of the cutting of plants by striking: “major pars operis in vineā ductim potius quam caesim facienda est ... qui caesim vitem petit, etc.,” Col. 4, 25, 2 and 3.—
B. T. t. of milit. lang., with the edge (opp. punctim, with the point): “punctim magis quam caesim petere hostem,” Liv. 22, 46, 5; cf. Veg. Mil. 1, 12; Liv. 7, 10, 9: “gladio caesim percutere aliquem,” Suet. Calig. 58. —
II. Trop., of discourse, in short clauses: “membratim adhuc, deinde caesim diximus,” Cic. Or. 67, 225 (cf. the same, and § 223, incisim aut membratim); Quint. 9, 4, 126; cf. id. 11, 3, 102 Spald. N. cr
