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con-scindo , ĭdi, issum, 3,
I.v. a., to tear or rend to pieces (very rare).
I. Lit: “pallulam,” Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 32: “vestem,” Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 4: “epistulam,” Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4: “ipsam capillo for illius capillum,” Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 4 Ruhnk.—
II. Trop.: “quā dominus, quā advocati sibilis conscissi,” hissed at, Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3; cf.: is me ab optimatibus ait conscindi, am pulled to pieces, i. e. abused, calumniated, id. ib. 8, 16, 1.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (3):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.18.4
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 2.19.3
    • Plautus, Truculentus, 1.1
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