Abscindo, abscindis, ábscidi, penult. corr. abscissum, abscíndere. To cut of.Tunicam eius pectore abscidit.Cic.He tore his coate from his breast.Ceruicibus caput abscidit.Cicer.He cut his head from his shoulders: as we say.Abscindere sibi omnium rerum respectum.Liu.To haue no regard of any thing.Venas abscindere. Tacit.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ab-scindo, cĭdi, cissum, 3, v. a., to tear off or away, to rend away (v. preced. art.). I.Lit.: tunicam a pectore abscidit,
he tore the tunic down from his breast
, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1: cervicibus fractis caput abscidit,
cut off
, id. Phil. 11, 5.—With simple abl.: umeris abscindere vestem, Verg. A. 5, 685; with de, id. G. 2, 23: nec quidquam deus abscidit terras,
torn asunder
,
separated
, Hor. C. 1, 3, 21; cf. Verg. A. 3, 418; Ov. M. 1, 22 al.: venas,
to open the veins
, Tac. A. 15, 69; 16, 11.—II.Trop., to cut off, separate, divide (rare): reditus dulces,
to cut off
, Hor. Epod. 16, 35: inane soldo,
to separate
, id. S. 1, 2, 113: querelas alicujus, Val. Fl. 2, 160: jus, Dig. 28, 2, 9, 2.
