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dis-cerpo , psi, ptum, 3, v. a. carpo,
I.to pluck or tear in pieces, to rend, to mangle (class.).
I. Lit.: “animus nec secerni nec dividi nec discerpi nec distrahi potest,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; cf. id. N. D. 1, 11, 27: “inter orgia Bacchi discerptum iuvenem sparsere per agros,” Verg. G. 4, 522: “aliquem,” Liv. 1, 16; Suet. Caes. 17: “semiustum cadaver (canes),” id. Dom. 15: “membra gruis,” Hor. S. 2, 8, 86 et saep.: “in parvas partīs aurum,” Lucr. 2, 829; Vulg. Judic. 4, 6 al.—
B. Transf., to scatter, disperse, destroy: “quae cuncta aërii discerpunt irrita venti,” Cat. 64, 142; cf. Verg. A. 9, 313.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen.: “divulsa et quasi discerpta contrectare,” Cic. de Or. 3, 6, 24: “rem quae proposita est, quasi in membra,” id. Top. 5, 28. —
B. In partic. (like carpo, II. B.; concerpo, II.), to tear in pieces with words, to revile: “me infestis dictis,” Cat. 66, 73; cf.: “lacerare carmina,” Ov. P. 4, 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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    • Vergil, Aeneid, 9.313
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.522
    • Suetonius, Domitianus, 15
    • Horace, Satires, 2.8.86
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.6
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.829
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 17
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 16
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.11
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.29
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 4.16
    • Cicero, Topica, 5.28
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