praecīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere
prae+caedo,
to cut off in front, cut off
: caput praecisum ducis, L.: resistenti manum gladio: collegae sui praecidi caput iussit:
ancoras,
cut the cables.—To cut through, cut up
: cotem novaculā: navīs,
disable
. —Fig.,
to cut short, abridge, break off, finish abruptly
: maximam partem defensionis: sibi reditum: brevi
praecidam,
briefly
: praecide, inquit,
cut it short.—To break off suddenly, cut off, end, destroy
: omnīs causas omnibus, T.:
praecisa consulatūs spes erit, L.:
spem iudici conrumpendi.—
To deny flatly, refuse, decline
: mihi plane nullā exceptione.
