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prō-scindo , scĭdi, scissum, 3, v. a.,
I.to tear open in front, to rend, split, cleave, cut up, cut in pieces (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “ferro proscindere quercum,Luc. 3, 434: “piscem,App. Mag. p. 300, 18 and 20: “spumanti Rhodanus proscindens gurgite campos,Sil. 3, 449: “vulnere pectus,Stat. Th. 10, 439: “fulgure terram,Just. 44, 3, 6.—
B. In partic., in agriculture, of the first ploughing, to break up the land: rursum terram cum primum arant, proscindere appellant; cum iterum, offringere dicunt, quod primā aratione glebae grandes solent excitari. Varr. R. R. 1, 29, 2; 1, 27, 2: “terram transversis adversisque sulcis,Col. 3, 13, 4: priusquam ares, proscindito, Cato ap. Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 176: bubulcum autem per proscissum ingredi oportet, the trench, furrow, Col. 2, 2, 25; 3, 13, 4; 11, 2, 32.—Poet., in gen., for arare, to plough: rorulentas terras, Att. ap. Non. p. 395, 22 (Trag. Rel. v. 496 Rib.): “validis terram proscinde juvencis,Verg. G. 2, 237: “terram pressis aratris,Lucr. 5, 209: “ferro campum,Ov. M. 7, 119.—
2. Transf., to cut through, to cleave, furrow (poet.): rostro ventosum aequor. Cat. 64, 12: “remo stagna,Sil. 8, 603.—
II. Trop., to cut up with words, to censure, satirize, revile, defame: “aliquem,Ov. P. 4, 16, 47: “equestrem ordinem,Suet. Calig. 30: “aliquem foedissimo convicio,id. Aug. 13: “carminibus proscissus,Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48: aliquem famoso carmine, Suet. Vit. Luc.; Val. Max. 5, 3, 3; 8, 5, 2.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.119
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.237
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 13
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.209
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 30
    • Lucan, Civil War, 3.434
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 36.48
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 4.16
    • Statius, Thebias, 10
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.2.25
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 3.13.4
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 5.3.3
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 8.5.2
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