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|lshtext=<b>lănĭo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. etym. dub.; cf. [[lacer]], [[δάκνω]]>,<br /><b>I</b> to [[tear]] or [[rend]] in pieces, to [[mangle]], [[lacerate]] ([[class]].; cf.: [[lacero]], [[discerpo]], [[dilanio]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: hominem, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3: corpora a feris laniata, id. Tusc. 1, 45, 108: lanianda viscera praebere, Liv. 9, 1, 9: laniando dentibus hostem exspirare, id. 22, 51, 9: [[foede]] crura brachiaque, Tac. H. 1, 41: vestem, Ov. M. 5, 398: vestes, Quint. 11, 3, 174: Priamiden laniatum corpore toto vidit, Verg. A. 6, 494: digitis ora, Ov. A. A. 3, 678: [[carmen]], Dig. 33, 7, 18 init.—With Gr. acc.: flavos [[Lavinia]] crinīs, Et roseas laniata genas, Verg. A. 12, 606: comas, Ov. M. 4, 139.—Transf., [[poet]].: venti [[mundum]] laniant, Ov. M. 1, 60: laniata [[classis]], id. H. 7, 175.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop. ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): et tua sacrilegae laniarunt carmina linguae, Ov. R. Am. 367: vitia cor laniant, Sen. Ep. 51, 13.<br /><b>lănĭo</b>: ōnis, m. 1. [[lanio]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[butcher]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): lanionis [[instrumentum]], Dig. 33, 7, 18; 1, 2, 2, § 24: [[quis]] [[tibi]] [[tunc]], [[lanio]], cernenti talia [[sensus]], Sedul. Carm. 2, 127.
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