I.perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to strike asunder, to cut, cleave, divide.
I. Lit. (poet. and post-Aug. prose): “res ictu,” Lucr. 1, 223: “aërias undas,” id. 2, 151: “volucres auras sagittā,” Verg. A. 5, 503: “umbras ferro,” id. ib. 6, 294; “9, 411: fluctus,” Curt. 4, 4: “quod jubis pronos cervix diverberet armos,” flaps, strikes, Nemes. Cyn. 265.—
II. Transf., to cudgel soundly: “servum,” Lact. 2, 7 fin.
