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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 /> <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 /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> 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 /> <b>2</b> 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 /> <b>C</b> Transf. ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]).<br /> <b>1</b> 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 /> <b>2</b> Like the Gr. τέμνειν,> and [[our]] to [[cut]], i. e.,<br /> <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 /> <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 /> <b>A</b> To [[cut]] up, [[lash]] in [[speaking]], i.e. to [[censure]], satirize: secuit [[Lucilius]] Urbem, Pers. 1, 114.—<br /> <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.). | |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 /> <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 /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> 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 /> <b>2</b> 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 /> <b>C</b> Transf. ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]).<br /> <b>1</b> 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 /> <b>2</b> Like the Gr. τέμνειν,> and [[our]] to [[cut]], i. e.,<br /> <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 /> <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 /> <b>A</b> To [[cut]] up, [[lash]] in [[speaking]], i.e. to [[censure]], satirize: secuit [[Lucilius]] Urbem, Pers. 1, 114.—<br /> <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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|gf=(1) <b>sĕcō</b>,⁹ sĕcŭī, sectum (p. fut. sĕcātūrus ), āre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> couper, découper, mettre en tranches, en morceaux : Cic. Nat. 3, 29 ; Gell. 20, 1, 48 ; [[pabulum]] Cæs. G. 7, 14, 4, couper le fourrage ; alicui [[collum]] Q. Cic. Pet. 10, couper la tête à qqn || dona [[secto]] elephanto Virg. En. 3, 464, des présents en ivoire découpé, façonné || découper [à table] : Sen. Ep. 47, 6 ; Juv. 5, 124 ; Mart. 3, 67, 3<br /><b>2</b> couper, amputer [opération chirurgicale] : Cic. Phil. 8, 15 ; Tusc. 2, 35 ; [[Marius]] cum secaretur Cic. Tusc. 2, 53, [[Marius]] subissant une opération || [en part.] mutiler, châtrer : Mart. 5, 41, 3 ; 9, 6, 4 || n. pl. [[secta]] Plin. 31, 126, parties du corps opérées<br /><b>3</b> entamer, déchirer, écorcher : Pl. Most. 825 ; hirsuti secuerunt corpora [[vepres]] Virg. G. 3, 444, les buissons épineux ont écorché leur peau, cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 46 ; Ov. F. 6, 148 ; [[sectus]] flagellis Hor. Epo. 4, 11, déchiré de coups de fouet ; [[podagra]] secari Mart. 9, 92, 9, être déchiré, tourmenté par la goutte, cf. Catul. 71, 2 || [fig.] déchirer [dans des écrits] : Pers. 1, 114<br /><b>4</b> fendre, couper : <b> a)</b> = [[passer]] à travers ; fendre la mer, l’air : Virg. En. 9, 103, etc.; G. 1, 406 || [poét.] viam secare Virg. En. 6, 899, se frayer un chemin, cf. Quint. 3, 1, 14 || [[medium]] [[agmen]] Virg. En. 10, 440, fendre le milieu des troupes ; <b> b)</b> = séparer, diviser : Virg. En. 7, 717 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 5, 6, 12 ; [[sectus]] [[orbis]] Hor. O. 3, 27, 75, une partie du monde<br /><b>5</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> diviser, partager, morceler : causas in plura genera Cic. de Or. 2, 117, établir trop de divisions dans les causes, cf. Quint. 8, 6, 13 ; 12, 2, 13 ; <b> b)</b> trancher [un différend] : Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 42 ; S. 1, 10, 15 ; <b> c)</b> spem secare Virg. En. 10, 107, (cf. secare viam ) s’ouvrir, se ménager une espérance, poursuivre une espérance, cf. Serv. secaturus Col. Rust. 5, 9, 2.<br />(2) <b>sĕcō</b>, c. [[sequo]] [décad.], v. [[sequor]]. | |||
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sĕco: cŭi, ctum (
I 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).
I Lit.
A 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. —
B In partic.
1 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.—
2 To cut, castrate (very rare): puer avari sectus arte mangonis, Mart. 9, 7, 4; so, sectus Gallus (corresp. to eviratus), id. 5, 41, 3.—
C Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
1 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.—
2 Like the Gr. τέμνειν,> and our to cut, i. e.,
a 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.—
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.—
II Trop. (acc. to I. C. 1. and 2.). *
A To cut up, lash in speaking, i.e. to censure, satirize: secuit Lucilius Urbem, Pers. 1, 114.—
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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(1) sĕcō,⁹ sĕcŭī, sectum (p. fut. sĕcātūrus ), āre, tr.,
1 couper, découper, mettre en tranches, en morceaux : Cic. Nat. 3, 29 ; Gell. 20, 1, 48 ; pabulum Cæs. G. 7, 14, 4, couper le fourrage ; alicui collum Q. Cic. Pet. 10, couper la tête à qqn || dona secto elephanto Virg. En. 3, 464, des présents en ivoire découpé, façonné || découper [à table] : Sen. Ep. 47, 6 ; Juv. 5, 124 ; Mart. 3, 67, 3
2 couper, amputer [opération chirurgicale] : Cic. Phil. 8, 15 ; Tusc. 2, 35 ; Marius cum secaretur Cic. Tusc. 2, 53, Marius subissant une opération || [en part.] mutiler, châtrer : Mart. 5, 41, 3 ; 9, 6, 4 || n. pl. secta Plin. 31, 126, parties du corps opérées
3 entamer, déchirer, écorcher : Pl. Most. 825 ; hirsuti secuerunt corpora vepres Virg. G. 3, 444, les buissons épineux ont écorché leur peau, cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 46 ; Ov. F. 6, 148 ; sectus flagellis Hor. Epo. 4, 11, déchiré de coups de fouet ; podagra secari Mart. 9, 92, 9, être déchiré, tourmenté par la goutte, cf. Catul. 71, 2 || [fig.] déchirer [dans des écrits] : Pers. 1, 114
4 fendre, couper : a) = passer à travers ; fendre la mer, l’air : Virg. En. 9, 103, etc.; G. 1, 406 || [poét.] viam secare Virg. En. 6, 899, se frayer un chemin, cf. Quint. 3, 1, 14 || medium agmen Virg. En. 10, 440, fendre le milieu des troupes ; b) = séparer, diviser : Virg. En. 7, 717 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 5, 6, 12 ; sectus orbis Hor. O. 3, 27, 75, une partie du monde
5 [fig.] a) diviser, partager, morceler : causas in plura genera Cic. de Or. 2, 117, établir trop de divisions dans les causes, cf. Quint. 8, 6, 13 ; 12, 2, 13 ; b) trancher [un différend] : Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 42 ; S. 1, 10, 15 ; c) spem secare Virg. En. 10, 107, (cf. secare viam ) s’ouvrir, se ménager une espérance, poursuivre une espérance, cf. Serv. secaturus Col. Rust. 5, 9, 2.
(2) sĕcō, c. sequo [décad.], v. sequor.
