I.a tearing, rending, mangling, lacerating, laceration (rare but class.): “corporis,” Cic. Pis. 18, 42: “corporum,” Liv. 7. 4.—Concr.: “omnia loca crinium laceratione complere,” the tearings of her hair, Vulg. Esth. 14, 2.—Plur.: “muliebres lacerationes genarum,” Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62.
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