secō cuī, ctus, āre
2 SAC-,
to cut, cut off, cut up, reap, carve
: omne animal secari ac dividi potest: pabulum secari non posse, Cs.:
sectae herbae, H.: Quo
gestu gallina secetur,
is carved
, Iu.: secto elephanto, i. e.
carved ivory
, V.: prave sectus unguis,
H.—Esp., in surgery,
to cut, operate on, cut off, cut out, amputate, excise
: in corpore alqd: varices Mario: Marius cum
secaretur,
was operated on
. —
To scratch, tear, wound, hurt, injure
: luctantis acuto ne secer ungui,
lest I should be torn
, H.: sectas invenit ungue genas,
O.: secuerunt corpora vepres, V.—
To cut apart, divide, cleave, separate
: curru medium agmen, V.: caelum secant zonae, O.: sectus
orbis, i. e.
half the earth
, H.—
To cut through, run through, pass through, traverse
: per maria umida nando Libycum,
cleave
, V.: aequor Puppe, O.:
adeunt vada nota secantes, O.—
To cut, make by cutting
: fugā secuit sub nubibus arcum, i. e.
produce by flight
, V.: viam ad navīs, i. e.
speeds on his way
, V.—Fig.,
to divide
: causas in plura genera.—
To cut short, decide, settle
: Quo multae secantur iudice lites, H.—
To follow, pursue
: quam quisque secat spem, V.