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|lshtext=<b>serra</b>: ae, f. perh. = sec - ra, seg - ra, from [[seco]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[saw]], the [[invention]] of [[Daedalus]], Ov. M. 8, 246; Sen. Ep. 90, 8; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198; Hyg. Fab. 274: stridens, Lucr. 2, 410: [[stridor]] serrae, Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116; Varr. ap. Non. 223, 19; Vitr. 2, 7: arguta, Verg. G. 1, 143 et saep.—Prov.: serram ducere cum [[aliquo]] de aliquā re, to [[quarrel]] [[with]] one [[about]] [[something]], Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 1; so, [[too]], [[quamdiu]] per hanc lineam serram reciprocabimus? Tert. Cor. Mil. 3.— Trop., of the [[back]] of a [[thin]] [[person]], Mart. 11, 100, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[kind]] of sawfish, Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 3; 32, 11, 53, § 145.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[serrated]] [[order]] of [[battle]]: [[serra]] proeliari dicitur, cum [[assidue]] acceditur recediturque [[neque]] ullo consistitur tempore. [[Cato]] de re militari: Sive [[opus]] est [[cuneo]], aut [[globo]], aut forcipe aut turribus aut serrā uti adoriare, Fest. p. 344 Müll.; cf. Gell. 10, 9, 1; Veg. Mil. 3, 19 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A threshingwain, [[with]] [[serrated]] wheels, Hier. in Amos, 1; Vulg. lsa. 28, 27.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Serra, in relig. lang., the [[name]] of the [[Tiber]], acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 8, 63.
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