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dē-sĕco , cŭi, ctum, 1,
I.v. a., to cut off, cut away (class.): “vitem,” Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 3: “partes ex toto,” Cic. Univ. 7: “uvas a vite,” Col. 12, 43, 1: “segetes et prata,” id. 11, 1, 8: “spicas fascibus,” Liv. 42, 64: particulam undique, * Hor. Od. 1, 16, 15; and poet.: “saxa metallis,” to carve out, Stat. S. 2, 2, 85: “hordeum, pabulum, herbas,” Caes. B. C. 3, 58, 5; cf. “segetem,” Liv. 2, 5: “aures,” Caes. B. G. 7, 4 fin.; cf. “cervicem,” Liv. 31, 34: “spicas fascibus,” id. 31, 34: collum, *Verg. A. 8, 438.—
II. Transf.: “tu illud (prooemium) desecabis, hos agglutinabis,” Cic. Att. 16, 6 fin.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 16.6
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 7.4
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 8.438
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.58.5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 34
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 64
    • Statius, Silvae, 2.2
    • Cicero, Timaeus, 7
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