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|lshtext=<b>sĕco</b>: cŭi, ctum (<br /><b>I</b> [[part]]. fut. secaturus, Col. 5, 9, 2), 1, v. a. [[root]] sak-, to [[cut]]; [[whence]] [[securis]], sĕcula, [[serra]] (secra), [[segmen]], [[sexus]], [[saxum]], etc.; cf. sīca, and Gr. [[κείω]], [[κεάζω]], [[σχίζω]], to [[cut]], [[cut]] [[off]], [[cut]] up ([[class]].; syn.: [[caedo]], [[scindo]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: leges [[duodecim]] tabularum, si [[plures]] forent, quibus rens esset judicatus, secare, si vellent, [[atque]] partiri [[corpus]] addicti sibi hominis permiserunt, Gell. 20, 1, 48 sq.; cf.: et judicatos in partes secari a creditoribus leges erant, Tert. Apol. 4: [[cape]] cultrum, seca Digitum vel aurem, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 38 sq.: omne [[animal]] secari ac dividi potest, nullum est eorum individuum, Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 29: [[pabulum]] secari non posse, be [[cut]], mown, * Caes. B. G. 7, 14; so, sectae herbae, Hor. S. 2, 4, 67: gallinam, to [[cut]] to pieces, Juv. 5, 124: [[placenta]], Mart. 3, 77, 3: alicui [[collum]] gladio suā dexterā, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 3, 10: [[palatum]], to [[divide]], Cels. 8, 1: tergora in frusta, Verg. A. 1, 212: dona [[auro]] gravia sectoque elephanto, i. e. of [[carved]], [[wrought]] [[ivory]] (an [[imitation]] of the Homeric πριστὸς [[ἐλέφας]],> Od. 18, 196), Verg. A. 3, 464: marmora, Hor. C. 2, 18, 17: sectis nitebat marmoribus, Luc. 10, 114; so absol.: nec [[ideo]] [[ferrum]] secandi vim non perdidit, Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 1: [[prave]] [[sectus]] [[unguis]], Hor. Ep. 1, 104: secti lapides, Vulg. Exod. 20, 25. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Med. t. t., to [[cut]] surgically; to [[operate]] on; to [[cut]] [[off]] or [[out]], [[amputate]], [[excise]], etc.: in corpore si [[quid]] ejusmodi est, [[quod]] [[reliquo]] corpori noceat, id uri secarique patimur, Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 15; cf.: [[saevitia]] secandi, Plin. 29, 1, 6, § 13; so, membra, id. 26, 11, 69, § 112: vomicam, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 13: varices Mario, Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35 (for [[which]], exciditur, Cels. 7, 31); cf. of the [[same]]: C. [[Marius]] cum secaretur, ut [[supra]] dixi, [[principio]] vetuit se alligari; nec [[quisquam]] [[ante]] [[Marium]] [[solutus]] dicitur esse [[sectus]], [[was]] [[cut]], operated [[upon]], Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 53: servum, Just. Inst. 4, 3, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[cut]], [[castrate]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): [[puer]] avari [[sectus]] [[arte]] mangonis, Mart. 9, 7, 4; so, [[sectus]] [[Gallus]] (corresp. to [[eviratus]]), id. 5, 41, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Transf. ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[scratch]], [[tear]], [[wound]], [[hurt]], [[injure]] (cf. [[caedo]], II.): [[ambo]] (postes) ab [[infimo]] [[tarmes]] secat, the worms are [[gnawing]] [[them]], [[they]] are wormeaten, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140: luctantis acuto ne secer ungui, [[lest]] I should be [[torn]], Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 47; cf.: [[rigido]] sectas invenit ungue genas, Ov. F. 6, 148: teneras plantas [[tibi]] ([[glacies]]), Verg. E. 10, 49: corpora [[vepres]], id. G. 3, 444: crura (sentes), Ov. M. 1, 509: pete ferro Corpus et intorto verbere terga seca, [[cut]], [[lacerate]], Tib. 1, 9, 22; so, [[sectus]] flagellis, Hor. Epod. 4, 11: loris, Mart. 10, 5, 14 al.: si quem [[podagra]] secat, gnaws, torments, Cat. 71, 2; imitated by Martial: [[podagra]] cheragraque secatur [[Gaius]], Mart. 9, 92, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Like the Gr. τέμνειν,> and [[our]] to [[cut]], i. e.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> To [[divide]], [[cleave]], [[separate]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): quos (populos) secans interluit [[Allia]], Verg. A. 7, 717: medios Aethiopas ([[Nilus]]), Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53: medios agros ([[Tiberis]]), Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12: [[medium]] [[agmen]] ([[Turnus]]), Verg. A. 10, 440: agrum ([[limes]]), Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331: [[caelum]] (zonae), Ov. M. 1, 46: [[sectus]] [[orbis]], Hor. C. 3, 27, 75; cf.: in longas orbem qui secuere vias, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> With the [[idea]] of [[motion]], to [[cut]] [[through]], i. e. to [[run]], [[sail]], [[fly]], [[swim]], go, etc., [[through]]: delphinum similes, qui per maria umida nando Carpathium Libycumque secant, [[cut]] [[through]], [[cleave]], Verg. A.5, 595: [[aequor]], id. ib. 5, 218: pontum, id. ib. 9, 103: [[aequor]] Puppe, Ov. M. 11, 479: [[fretum]] puppe, id. ib. 7, 1; cf.: vada [[nota]] ([[amnis]]), id. ib. 1, 370: [[ales]] [[avis]] ... geminis secat aëra pennis, Cic. Arat. 48: aethera pennis ([[avis]]), Verg. G. 1, 406; 1, 409: auras ([[cornus]]), id. A. 12, 268: ventos (Cyllenia [[proles]]), ib. ib. 4, 257: sub nubibus arcum ([[Iris]]), id. ib. 9, 15 et saep.— Secare viam (vias), the Gr. τέμνειν ὁδόν,> to [[take]] one's [[way]], to [[travel]] a [[road]]: [[ille]] viam secat ad naves, Verg. A. 6, 899: [[hinc]] [[velut]] diversae secari coeperunt viae, Quint. 3, 1, 14.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop. (acc. to I. C. 1. and 2.). *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[cut]] up, [[lash]] in [[speaking]], i.e. to [[censure]], satirize: secuit [[Lucilius]] Urbem, Pers. 1, 114.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[divide]] (not freq. [[till]] [[after]] the Aug. per.): cum causas in plura genera secuerunt, Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 117: haec in [[plures]] partes, Quint. 8, 6, 13; cf.: [[scrupulose]] in partes sectā divisionis diligentiā, id. 4, 5, 6: quae [[natura]] singularia sunt secant (corresp. to [[divido]]), id. 4, 5, 25: sectae ad tenuitatem suam [[vires]] ([[just]] [[before]]: distinguendo. dividendo), id. 12, 2, 13.—Hence, in Hor., [[like]] [[dirimo]] (II.), of disputes, to [[cut]] [[off]], i.e. to [[decide]] [[them]]: quo multae magnaeque secantur judice lites, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 42: magnas res, to [[cure]] (as it were, by a [[light]] [[operation]]), id. S. 1, 10, 15.—And [[once]] in Verg.: secare spem (the [[figure]] borrowed from the phrases secare [[mare]], auras, viam): quae cuique est [[fortuna]] [[hodie]], [[quam]] [[quisque]] secat spem, [[whatever]] [[hope]] [[each]] follows, i. e. indulges in, entertains, Verg. A. 10, 107 (secat, sequitur, [[tenet]], habet; ut: Ille viam secat ad naves, id. ib. 6, 899: [[unde]] et sectas dicimus, [[habitus]] animorum et instituta philosophiae [[circa]] disciplinam, Serv.).

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