lancino
μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lancĭno: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. cf. lacer,
I to tear to pieces, to rend, mangle, lacerate (poet. and post-Aug.).
I Lit.: alium ira in cubili suo confodit ... alium intra leges celebrisque spectaculum fori lancinavit, Sen. de Ira, 1, 2, 2: morsu aliquem, Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 13: conjux membratim lancinatur, Arn. 1, 20: tot sinus Pelopennesi oram lancinant, indent, cut up, Plin. 4, 5, 9, § 19.—
II Trop., to destroy, consume, waste: Cat. 29, 18: vitam (al. lanciniare), to fritter away, waste, Sen. Ep. 32, 2: credulitatem facetiis jocularibus, Arn. 2, 47.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lancĭnō,¹³ āvī, ātum, āre, tr., mettre en morceaux, déchiqueter : Sen. Ira 1, 2, 2 ; Plin. 9, 13 || [fig.] : Catul. 29, 18 ; Sen. Ep. 32, 2.
