I.v. a., to tear to pieces, to dilacerate (rare but class.): “(Clodii cadaver) canibus dilaniandum reliquisti,” Cic. Mil. 13; cf. id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 24; Ov. M. 6, 645; 10, 387; Tac. A. 11, 22; 36; Vulg. Luc. 2, 39 al.—Trop.: “animam (c. c. dispergere),” Lucr. 3, 538.—In a Gr. construction: “dilaniata comas,” Ov. Am. 3, 9, 52.
dī-lănĭo , āvi, ātum, 1,