Disseco, díssecas, pe. cor. dissécui, dissectum, dissecâre. Plin. To cut in peeces: to cleaue in sunder.Pectos dissecare. Plin. To cut open the breast.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
dis-sĕco (dissĭc-), ŭi, ctum, 1, v. a., to cut asunder, cut in pieces, cut up, dissect (post-Aug.; esp. freq. in Pliny the elder— cf.: seco, meto, findo, scindo): unionem, Plin. 9, 35, 58, 121: pectus, id. 11, 37, 70, 185: caput viperae, id. 29, 4, 21, 69: mures, id. 30, 9, 23, 76: ranas, id. 32, 9, 36, 111: multos medios serra, Suet. Calig. 27; App. M. 8, p. 214.—II.Trop.: dissecari cordibus suis,
